Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:23-32

23He took themH3947 and sent them acrossH5674 the streamH5158H5674, along with all his possessionsH834.

24So JacobH3290 was leftH3498 all aloneH905, and there a manH3761 wrestledH79 with himH5973 untilH5704 daybreakH5927H7837. 25When the man sawH7200 thatH3588 he could notH3808 overpowerH3201 Jacob, he struckH5060 the socketH3709 of Jacob’s hipH3409 and dislocatedH3363H3709 it as theyH5973 wrestledH79. 26Then the man saidH559, “Let me goH7971, forH3588 it is daybreakH5927H7837.”

But Jacob repliedH559, “I will notH3808 let you goH7971 unlessH3588H518 you bless meH1288.”

27“WhatH4100 is your nameH8034?” the man askedH559H413.

“JacobH3290,” he repliedH559.

28Then the man saidH559, “Your nameH8034 will noH3808 longerH5750 beH559 JacobH3290,2 but IsraelH3478H3588,3 becauseH3588H518 you have struggledH8280 withH5973 GodH430 and withH5973 menH376, and you have prevailedH3201.”

29And JacobH3290 requestedH7592H559, “PleaseH4994 tell meH5046 your nameH8034.”

But he repliedH559, “WhyH4100H2088 do you askH7592 my nameH8034?” Then he blessedH1288 Jacob thereH8033.

30So JacobH3290 namedH7121H8034 the placeH4725 PenielH6439,4 saying, “IndeedH3588, I have seenH7200 GodH430 faceH6440 toH413 faceH6440, and yet my lifeH5315 was sparedH5337.”

31The sunH8121 roseH2224 above him asH834 he passed byH5674 PenuelH6439,5 and heH1931 was limpingH6760 because ofH5921 his hipH3409. 32ThereforeH5921H3651 toH5704 thisH2088 dayH3117 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 do notH3808 eatH398 the tendonH1517H5384 attachedH834 toH5921 the socketH3709 of the hipH3409, becauseH3588 the socketH3709 of Jacob’sH3290 hipH3409 was struckH5060 near that tendonH1517H5384.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 32:24 Or Man; here and in verses 25–28; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 32:28 Jacob means he grasps the heel or he deceives. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 32:28 Israel means he struggles with God. ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means the face of God. ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 32:31 Penuel is a variant of Peniel; see verse 30. ↩

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