Génesis 32:22-32

Jacob lucha con un ángel

22 Aquella misma noche Jacob se levantó, tomó a sus dos esposas, a sus dos esclavas y a sus once hijos, y cruzó el vado del río Jaboc.

23 Una vez que lo habían cruzado, hizo pasar también todas sus posesiones,

24 quedándose solo. Entonces un hombre luchó con él hasta el amanecer.

25 Cuando ese hombre se dio cuenta de que no podía vencer a Jacob, lo tocó en la coyuntura de la cadera, y esta se le dislocó mientras luchaban.

26 Entonces el hombre le dijo:—¡Suéltame, que ya está por amanecer!—¡No te soltaré hasta que me bendigas! —respondió Jacob.

27 —¿Cómo te llamas? —le preguntó el hombre.—Me llamo Jacob —respondió.

28 Entonces el hombre le dijo:—Ya no te llamarás Jacob, sino Israel,^[a] porque has luchado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.

29 —Y tú, ¿cómo te llamas? —le preguntó Jacob.—¿Por qué preguntas cómo me llamo? —le respondió el hombre.Y en ese mismo lugar lo bendijo.

30 Jacob llamó a ese lugar Penuel,^[b] porque dijo: «He visto a Dios cara a cara, y todavía sigo con vida».

31 Cruzaba Jacob por el lugar llamado Penuel, cuando salió el sol. A causa de su cadera dislocada iba rengueando.

32 Por esta razón los israelitas no comen el tendón que está en la coyuntura de la cadera, porque a Jacob se le tocó en dicho tendón.

Génesis 32:22-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 32

This chapter informs us of Jacob's proceeding on in his journey, and of his being met and guarded by an host of angels, Ge 32:1,2; of his sending messengers to his brother Esau, acquainting him with his increase, and desiring his favour and good will, Ge 32:3-5, who return and report to him, that Esau was coming to him with four hundred men, which put him into a panic, and after devising ways and means for the security of himself; and those with him, at least a part, if not the whole, Ge 32:6-8; then follows a prayer of his to God, pressing his unworthiness of mercies, and his sense of them, imploring deliverance from his brother, and putting the Lord in mind of his promises, Ge 32:9-12; after which we have an account of the wise methods he took for the safety of himself and family, by sending a present to his brother, dividing those who had the charge of it into separate companies, and directing them to move at a proper distance from each other, he, his wives and children, following after, Ge 32:13-23; when they were over the brook Jabbok, he stopped, and being alone, the Son of God in an human form appeared to him, and wrestled with him, with whom Jacob prevailed, and got the blessing, and hence had the name of Israel, Ge 32:24-28; and though he could not get his name, he perceived it was a divine Person he had wrestled with, and therefore called the name of the place Penuel, Ge 32:29-31; the hollow of his thigh being touched by him with whom he wrestled, which put it out of joint, he halted as he went over Penuel, in commemoration of which the children of Israel eat not of that part of the thigh, Ge 32:31,32.

Footnotes

• [a]. En hebreo, "Israel " significa "él lucha con Dios" .
• [b]. En hebreo, "Penuel " significa "cara de Dios" .