Genesis 32:21-30

21st Century King James Version

²¹ So went the presents over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the company.

²² And he rose up that night, and took his two wives and his two womenservants and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

²³ And he took them and sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had.

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

²⁵ And when the man 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.

²⁶ And the man said, “Let me go, for the day breaketh.” And he said, “I will not let thee go, unless thou bless me.”

²⁷ And he said unto him, “What is thy name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

²⁸ And he said, “Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.”

²⁹ And Jacob asked him, and said, “Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.” And he said, “Why is it that thou dost ask after my name?” And he blessed him there.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [that is, The face of God]: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”