Genesis 32:24
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou 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
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
Read in contextEphesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Read in contextGenesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Read in contextLuke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Read in contextGenesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Read in contextLuke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Read in contextGenesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
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