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Genesis 32:24 KJV
Genesis · chapter 32 · verse 24
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.Genesis 32:24 · King James Version
Genesis 32:24 in context
22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- wrestledʼâbaqto bedustH79 →
- breakingʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- leftyâtharto jut over or exceedH3498 →
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We have here the remarkable story of Jacob's wrestling with the angel and prevailing, which is referred to, Hos 12:4. Very early in the morning, a great while before day, Jacob had helped his wives and his children over the river, and he desired to be private, and was left alone, that he might again more fully spread…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-32