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OET (OET-RV) Then the man said, “Release me now, because it’s already dawning.”
¶ “I won’t release you until you bless me,” Yacob responded.
OET-LV [fn] and_he/it_saw if/because_that not he_prevailed to_him/it and_struck in/on/at/with_socket hip_his and_dislocated the_socket of_the_thigh of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) in/on/at/with_wrestled_he with_him/it.
32:26 Note: KJB: Gen.32.25
UHB 27 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י עָלָ֖ה הַשָּׁ֑חַר וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי׃ ‡
(27 vayyoʼmer shalləḩēnī kiy ˊālāh hashshāḩar vayyoʼmer loʼ ʼₐshallēḩₐkā kiy ʼim-bērakttānī.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then he said, “Release me, because the dawn has come up!” But he said, “I will not release you unless you bless me!”
UST Then the man said to him, “Let go of me, because it is daybreak!” But Jacob replied, “No! I will not let go of you until you first bless me!”
BSB Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
§ But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
OEB Then he said, ‘Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
WEB The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
¶ Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
WMB (Same as above)
NET Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied, “unless you bless me.”
LSV and He says, “Send Me away, for the dawn has ascended”: and he says, “I do not send You away, except You have blessed me.”
FBV Then the man said, “Let me go because it's almost dawn.”
¶ “I won't let you go unless you bless me,” Jacob replied.
T4T Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
LEB Then he[fn] said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.” But he answered, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
?:? That is, the man
BBE And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS (32-27) And he said: 'Let me go, for the day breaketh.' And he said: 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.'
ASV And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
DRA And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
YLT and he saith, 'Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, 'I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'
DBY And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
RV And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
WBS And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh; And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
KJB-1769 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
(And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou/you bless me. )
KJB-1611 [fn]And he said, Let me goe, for the day breaketh: and he said, I will not let thee goe, except thou blesse me.
(And he said, Let me goe, for the day breaketh: and he said, I will not let thee goe, except thou/you blesse me.)
32:26 Ose.12.4.
BB And he said: let me go, for the day breaketh. Whiche aunswered: I will not let thee go, except thou blesse me.
(And he said: let me go, for the day breaketh. Which answered: I will not let thee go, except thou/you blesse me.)
GNV And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me.
(And he said, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou/you blesse me. )
CB And he sayde: Let me go, for ye daye breaketh on. But he answered: I will not let ye go, excepte thou blesse me.
(And he said: Let me go, for ye/you_all day breaketh on. But he answered: I will not let ye/you_all go, except thou/you blesse me.)
WYC And he seide to Jacob, Leeue thou me, for the morewtid stieth now. Jacob answeride, Y schal not leeue thee, no but thou blesse me.
(And he said to Yacob, Leeue thou/you me, for the morning stieth now. Yacob answered, I shall not leave thee, no but thou/you blesse me.)
LUT Und da er sah, daß er ihn nicht übermochte, rührete er das Gelenk seiner Hüfte an; und das Gelenk seiner Hüfte ward über dem Ringen mit ihm verrenkt.
(And there he saw, that he him/it not übermochte, rührete he the Gelenk his Hüfte an; and the Gelenk his Hüfte was above to_him Ringen with him verrenkt.)
CLV Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me: jam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi.
(And_he_said to eum: Dimitte me: yam because ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam you(sg), nisi benedixeris mihi. )
BRN And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
BrLXX Εἶδε δὲ ὅτι οὐ δύναται πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ πλάτους τοῦ μηροῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνάρκησε τὸ πλάτος τοῦ μηροῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῷ παλαίειν αὐτὸν μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
(Eide de hoti ou dunatai pros auton; kai haʸpsato tou platous tou maʸrou autou, kai enarkaʸse to platos tou maʸrou Yakōb en tōi palaiein auton metʼ autou. )
32:26 At daybreak, the significance of this fight began to dawn on Jacob. He realized who his assailant was, and since it was futile to fight, he held on to obtain God’s blessing.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw that/for/because/then/when not prevail to=him/it and,struck in/on/at/with,socket hip,his and,dislocated socket hip Yaakob in/on/at/with,wrestled,he with=him/it )
Alternate translation: “Then the man said to Jacob,” or “Then the man demanded,”
שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw that/for/because/then/when not prevail to=him/it and,struck in/on/at/with,socket hip,his and,dislocated socket hip Yaakob in/on/at/with,wrestled,he with=him/it )
Alternate translation: “You must let me go now,”
כִּ֥י עָלָ֖ה הַשָּׁ֑חַר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw that/for/because/then/when not prevail to=him/it and,struck in/on/at/with,socket hip,his and,dislocated socket hip Yaakob in/on/at/with,wrestled,he with=him/it )
See how you translated “the dawn came up” in verse 24. Alternate translation: “because it is dawn” or “because daylight is beginning to come!”
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw that/for/because/then/when not prevail to=him/it and,struck in/on/at/with,socket hip,his and,dislocated socket hip Yaakob in/on/at/with,wrestled,he with=him/it )
Alternate translation: “But Jacob said to him,”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
לֹ֣א אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw that/for/because/then/when not prevail to=him/it and,struck in/on/at/with,socket hip,his and,dislocated socket hip Yaakob in/on/at/with,wrestled,he with=him/it )
Alternate translation: “No! First you must bless me, and then I will let you go!” or “I will let you go only if you bless me!”
Genesis 32-36
As with many of the stories of the Bible, the events of Jacob’s life are often misunderstood by readers as disjointed pericopes arranged primarily for theological and cultural purposes. Because of this, readers often fail to see that these stories follow a clear geographical progression of the patriarch throughout the land of Canaan. This realistic and coherent geographical framework behind the stories gives strong support to the belief that these stories are authentic, historical accounts of the experiences of Jacob and his ancestors. The overall framework for virtually all of Jacob’s stories is very simple: Jacob is born and raised in southern Canaan but comes into conflict with his twin brother Esau, so he flees to Paddan-aram in Mesopotamia (Genesis 25-28; see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). There he builds a large family and great wealth (Genesis 29-30) and eventually returns to southern Canaan, likely retracing the exact steps he followed when he fled (Genesis 31-35; see also “Jacob Returns to Canaan” map). During this time, Esau moves to the hill country of Seir, likely just south of southern Canaan (“Edom and the Land of Seir” map), and establishes his own family there, giving rise to the nation of Edom (Genesis 36). Though the primary intent of Jacob’s return was no doubt to resettle in Canaan, comments made during his reunion with Esau near Peniel may reveal that he also intended to travel even further to Seir to visit his brother there (Genesis 33:12-14). After crossing from Mahanaim to Peniel in Gilead, Jacob reunites with Esau and settles in Succoth for a time and builds a house for himself and booths for his cattle. He eventually crosses the Jordan River and enters Canaan, stopping first at the ancient city of Shechem. There Jacob’s daughter Dinah is defiled by the son of the region’s leader, and her brothers take revenge by killing all the men of the city. Thus, Jacob is forced to leave, but first he calls upon all his household to purify themselves. He collects their idols and rings and buries them beneath a tree in Shechem. Upon reaching Bethel, Jacob builds an altar and calls it El-bethel. The nurse of Jacob’s mother Rebekah also dies at Bethel and is buried under an oak below the town, leading them to call the place Allon-bacuth (“oak of weeping”). Jacob and his family leave for Bethlehem, but very soon after they start the journey Rachel gives birth to Benjamin and then dies. Jacob buries her along the way, apparently near a place called Zelzah (or perhaps Elzah; see 1 Samuel 10 and “Saul Search for His Donkeys” map). Jacob continues on and camps beyond the tower of Eder, perhaps near Bethlehem, since that seems to have been his original destination. Finally Jacob reaches Mamre and Hebron. Soon after this Isaac dies, and Esau and Jacob bury him. The story of Jacob’s journey ends at Genesis 35, and we are not explicitly told if Jacob traveled even further to Seir. Genesis 36, however, catalogs the descendants of Esau, the Edomites, perhaps indicating that Jacob did indeed fulfill the intentions he stated in Genesis 33:12-14.
Genesis 21-35
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.