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24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
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24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
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25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
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25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
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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."
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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."
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27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.
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27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.
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28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
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28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
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29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
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29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
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30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."
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30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."
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31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.
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31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.
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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 touched near the tendon.
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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 touched near the tendon.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
