Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:22-32

22Now he aroseH6965 that sameH1931 nightH3915 and tookH3947 his twoH8147 wivesH802 and his twoH8147 maidsH8198 and his elevenH259H6240 childrenH3206, and crossedH5674 the fordH4569 of the 1JabbokH2999.

23He tookH3947 them and sentH5674 them acrossH5674 the streamH5158. And he sentH5674 acrossH5674 whateverH834 he had.

24Then JacobH3290 was leftH3498 aloneH905, and a manH376 2wrestledH79 with him untilH5704 daybreakH7837.

25When he sawH7200 that he had not prevailedH3201 against him, he touchedH5060 the socketH3709 of his thighH3409; so the socketH3709 of Jacob’sH3290 thighH3409 was dislocatedH3363 while he wrestledH79 with him.

26Then he saidH559, “LetH7971 me goH7971, for the dawnH7837 is breakingH5927.” But he saidH559, “3I will not letH7971 you goH7971 unlessH3588H518 you blessH1288 me.”

27So he saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 is your nameH8034?” And he saidH559, “JacobH3290.”

284He saidH559, “Your nameH8034 shall noH3808 longerH5750 be JacobH3290, but 5IsraelH3478; for you have strivenH8280 with GodH430 and with menH376 and have prevailedH3201.”

29Then 6JacobH3290 askedH7592 him and saidH559, “PleaseH4994 tellH5046 me your nameH8034.” But he saidH559, “WhyH4100 is it that you askH7592 my nameH8034?” And he blessedH1288 him thereH8033.

30So JacobH3290 namedH7121H8034 the placeH4725 7PenielH6439, for he said, “8I have seenH7200 GodH430 faceH6440 to faceH6440, yet my 9lifeH5315 has been preservedH5337.”

31Now the sunH8121 roseH2224 upon him justH3512 as he crossedH5674 overH5674 10PenuelH6439, and he was limpingH6760 on his thighH3409.

32ThereforeH5921H3651, to thisH2088 dayH3117 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 do not eatH398 the sinewH1517 of the hipH5384 whichH834 is on the socketH3709 of the thighH3409, becauseH3588 he touchedH5060 the socketH3709 of Jacob’sH3290 thighH3409 in the sinewH1517 of the hipH5384.

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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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