Jacob Wrestles with God, Who Names Him Israel

32:22-32

22 Then during that night he got up and took his two wives and his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok. 23 So he took them and had them cross over the stream, and he sent what belonged to him across. 24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the dawn came up. 25 And he saw that he was not prevailing over him, so he touched him on the socket of his hip, so that the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Release me, because the dawn has come up!” But he said, “I will not release you unless you bless me!” 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

29 Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is this you are asking for my name?” Then he blessed him there. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, because he said, “I saw God face to face, but my life was preserved!”

31 And the sun rose on him as he passed Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip. 32 For that reason, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the muscle of the tendon that is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the muscle of the tendon.