JACOB WRESTLES WITH AN ANGEL
Genesis 32
24And Jacob was left alone; and there
wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And 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.
26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he
said, Jacob.
28And 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.
29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray
thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my
name? And he blessed him there.
30And
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to
face, and my life is preserved.
31And
as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his
thigh.
32Therefore the children of
Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of
the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh
in the sinew that shrank.
