• Genesis 32:23

    And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

  • Genesis 32:24

    And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breakinge of the day.

  • Genesis 32:25

    And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

  • Genesis 32:26

    And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

  • Genesis 32:27

    And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:f for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  • Genesis 32:29

    And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

  • Genesis 32:30

    And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:g for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  • Genesis 32:31

    And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

  • Genesis 32:32

    Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

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