Genesis 32:22-32

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²² And rising early he took his two wives, and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.

²³ And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,

²⁴ He remained alone: and behold a man wrestled with him till morning.

²⁵ And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.

²⁶ And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

²⁷ And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.

²⁸ But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

²⁹ Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

³¹ And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.

³² Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.