Genesis 32:22–31 · BSB
32:22
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.
32:23
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
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32:24
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
32:25
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
32:26
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
32:27
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
32:29
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
32:30
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
32:31
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
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