Popular Bible Verses from Bereshis 32

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And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he struck his hip socket; so Ya'akovʼs hip socket dislocated while he wrestled with him.

And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over [all] that he had.

And Ya'akov asked him, and said, Tell me, now, shemecha. And he said, Why is it that thou dost ask after shmi? And he made a brocha upon him there.

And Ya'akov was left by himself; and there wrestled an ish with him until the shachar (dawn, sunup).

And he said, Let me go, for shachar breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, unless thou make a berakhah upon me.

And he said, Shimcha shall be called no more Ya'akov, but Yisroel: for sarita im Elohim ([yisrah=to prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel] ye have striven with Elohim) and with anashim, and hast overcome.

And Ya'akov said, O Elohei Avi Avraham, and Elohei Avi Yitzchak, HASHEM which saidst unto me, Shuv l'aretzecha and to thy moledet (kindred), and I will deal well with thee

And as he passed over Penuel the shemesh rose upon him, and he limped upon his hip.

And said, If Esav come to the one machaneh, and attack it, then the other machaneh which is left shall escape.

I am not worthy of the least of all the chasadim, and of all the emes, which Thou hast showed unto Thy eved; for with my makal (rod, staff) I passed over this Yarden; and now I am become two machanot.