Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (GEN 32:22-32)

[32:22] That same night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines, and his eleven children, and crossed the Jabbok River.

[32:23] After he had sent them across, he also sent across all that he owned,

[32:24] but he stayed behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak.

[32:25] When the man saw that he was not winning the struggle, he hit Jacob on the hip, and it was thrown out of joint.

[32:26] The man said, “Let me go; daylight is coming.” “I won't, unless you bless me,” Jacob answered.

[32:27] “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he answered.

[32:28] The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”

[32:29] Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.” But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.

[32:30] Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.

[32:31] The sun rose as Jacob was leaving Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

[32:32] Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was hit.

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