Jacob Wrestles with God

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions

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So Jacob was left all alone, and [there] a man[fn] wrestled with him until daybreak 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower [Jacob], he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated [it] as they wrestled. 26 Then [the man] said,“ Let me go, for it is daybreak

But Jacob replied,“I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

27 

“What is your name?” the man asked.

“Jacob,” he replied.

28 

Then [the man] said,“Your name will no longer be Jacob,[fn] but Israel because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

29 

And Jacob requested“ Please tell me your name.”

But he replied,“Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed [Jacob] there.

30 

So Jacob named the place Peniel,[fn] saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

31 

The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel,[fn] and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon 33