The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 32:26 in context
Genesis 32:23–29
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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.
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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.
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The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
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He said to him, “What is your name?”
He said, “Jacob”.
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He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
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Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”
He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
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