Selected verses from Book of Genesis
(first book of Torah), chapter 32
verses 22 - 32 (CEB) Common
English Study Bible, published 2013
Jacob got up during the night,
took his two wives, his two
women servants, and his
11 sons, and crossed the
Jabbok River's shallow water.
He took them and everything
that belonged to him, and he
helped them cross the river.
But Jacob stayed apart by
himself, and a man wrestled
with him until dawn broke.
When the man saw that he
couldn't defeat Jacob, he
grabbed Jacob's thigh and
tore a muscle in Jacob's thigh
as he wrestled him. The man
said, "Let me go because the
dawn is breaking."
But Jacob said, "I won't let
you go until you bless me."
He said to Jacob, "What's
your name?
and he said, "Jacob."
Then he said, "Your name
won't be Jacob any longer,
but ISRAEL (God struggles
or the one who struggles w/
God), because you struggled
with God and with men and
won."
Jacob also asked and said,
"Tell me your name."
But he said, "Why do you
ask for my name?" and he
blessed Jacob there.
Jacob named the place Peniel,
because I've seen God
face-to-face, and my life
has been saved. The sun rose
as Jacob passed Penuel, limping
because of his thigh. Therefore,
Israelites don't eat the tendon
attached to the thigh muscle to
this day, because he grabbed
Jacob's thigh muscle at the tendon.
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