World English Bible
Genesis 32:24
“Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.”
Verse in context — Genesis 32
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He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
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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, he 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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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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