Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 32

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The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”

The man said, “Let me go; daylight is coming.” “I won't, unless you bless me,” Jacob answered.

but he stayed behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak.

Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.

When the man saw that he was not winning the struggle, he struck Jacob on the hip, and it was thrown out of joint.

“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he answered.

Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.” But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.

I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.

Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was struck.

Then Jacob prayed, “God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, LORD, to go back to my land and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me.

Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid — afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.