Genesis 32:31
29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
- KJV
- And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
- WEB
- The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
- ASV
- And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.
- DARBY
- And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.
- BLB
- And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penuel, and he was limping on his hip.
- ÅB
- Og da han var kommet forbi Pnuel så han solen rinne; og han haltet på sin hofte.
- OTB
- Solen steg opp over ham da han passerte Peniel, og han haltet på grunn av hoften.
- B1930
- Og da han var kommet forbi Pnuel så han solen rinne; og han haltet på sin hofte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 12:7
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Read in contextMalachi 4:2
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
Read in contextGenesis 19:15
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Read in contextPsalms 38:17
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Read in contextJudges 8:8
From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
Read in contextGenesis 19:23
And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
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