Genesis 32:24
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.
23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man 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.”
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Compare
- BSB
- So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- KJV
- And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- WEB
- Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
- ASV
- And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
- DARBY
- And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
- BLB
- And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn.
- ÅB
- Så var Jakob alene tilbake. Da kom det en mann og kjempet med ham inntil morgenen grydde.
- OTB
- Jakob fant seg alene, og en mann begynte å kjempe med ham til daggry.
- B1930
- Så var Jakob alene tilbake. Da kom det en mann og kjempet med ham inntil morgenen grydde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 12:3–5
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Read in contextEphesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Read in contextGenesis 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.”
Read in contextLuke 13:24
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Read in contextGenesis 32:30
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
Read in contextLuke 22:44
And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in contextGenesis 30:8
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
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