Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:24-30

24Then Jacob was left alone, and a man 1wrestled with him until daybreak.

25When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of 2Jacob’s hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip 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.”

28Then 4he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but 5Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

29And 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 10spared.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 32:24 Hos 12:3, 4 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 32:25 Lit his ↩
  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 contends with God; or God contends ↩
  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 32:30 Lit saved ↩

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