Genesis 32:22-32

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Jacob Wrestles With God

²²That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons^(A) and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.^(B) ²³After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.^(C) ²⁴So Jacob was left alone,^(D) and a man^(E) wrestled with him till daybreak. ²⁵When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip^(F) so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. ²⁶Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”^(G)

²⁷The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”^(H) he answered.

²⁸Then the man said, “Your name^(I) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^[a]^(J) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”^(K)

²⁹Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”^(L)

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”^(M) Then he blessed^(N) him there.

³⁰So Jacob called the place Peniel,^[b] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,^(O) and yet my life was spared.”

³¹The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,^[c]^(P) and he was limping because of his hip. ³²Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip,^(Q) because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.

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Footnotes

Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

Psalm 17:1-8

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Psalm 17

A prayer of David.

¹Hear me,^(A) Lord, my plea is just;
    listen to my cry.^(B)
Hear^(C) my prayer—
    it does not rise from deceitful lips.^(D)
²Let my vindication^(E) come from you;
    may your eyes see what is right.^(F)

³Though you probe my heart,^(G)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(H)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(I)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(J)
⁴Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.
⁵My steps have held to your paths;^(K)
    my feet have not stumbled.^(L)

⁶I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;^(M)
    turn your ear to me^(N) and hear my prayer.^(O)
⁷Show me the wonders of your great love,^(P)
    you who save by your right hand^(Q)
    those who take refuge^(R) in you from their foes.
⁸Keep me^(S) as the apple of your eye;^(T)
    hide me^(U) in the shadow of your wings^(V)

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Matthew 9:32-38

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³²While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed^(A) and could not talk^(B) was brought to Jesus. ³³And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”^(C)

³⁴But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”^(D)

The Workers Are Few

³⁵Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.^(E) ³⁶When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,^(F) because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.^(G) ³⁷Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest^(H) is plentiful but the workers are few.^(I) ³⁸Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”