Genesis 32:24-30

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jacob Wrestles

²⁴ Then Jacob was left alone, and a man ^(A)wrestled with him until daybreak. ²⁵ When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. ²⁶ Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “^(B)I will not let you go unless you bless me.” ²⁷ So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” ^28 (C)He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but ^[a]Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.” ²⁹ Then ^(D)Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there. ³⁰ So Jacob named the place ^[b]Peniel, for he said, “^(E)I have seen God face to face, yet my ^[c]life has been preserved.”