OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 24

Genesis 32:24

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Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

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Genesis 32:21–27

21

So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

22

He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.

23

He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

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Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

25

When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.

26

The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”

Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

27

He said to him, “What is your name?”

He said, “Jacob”.

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