Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 32

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And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel — For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.

And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

— I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.

Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh — the sinew.

And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, and the mother with the children.