Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:22-32

22Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the 1Jabbok.

23He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had.

24Then Jacob was left alone, and a man 2wrestled with him until daybreak.

25When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him.

26Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “3I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

27So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

284He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but 5Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”

29Then 6Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.

30So Jacob named the place 7Peniel, for he said, “8I have seen God face to face, yet my 9life has been preserved.”

31Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over 10Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.

32Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 32:22 Deut 3:16; Josh 12:2 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 32:24 Hos 12:3, 4 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 32:26 Hos 12:4 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 32:28 Gen 35:10; 1 Kin 18:31 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 32:28 I.e. he who strives with God; or God strives ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 32:29 Judg 13:17, 18 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 32:30 I.e. the face of God ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 32:30 Gen 16:13; Ex 24:10, 11; 33:20; Num 12:8; Judg 6:22; 13:22 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 32:30 Lit soul ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 32:31 Judg 8:8 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 32

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