Jacob Wrestles With God

²² The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok. ²³ He took them and sent them across the stream along with all that he had. ²⁴ Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him there until daybreak. ²⁵ When the man saw that He did not prevail against Jacob, He touched the socket of his thigh, so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated, as he wrestled with Him. ²⁶ Then He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”

But Jacob said, “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 Then the man said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

²⁹ Then Jacob asked Him, “Tell me, I pray You, Your name.”

But He said, “Why do you ask Me My name?” Then He blessed him there.

³⁰ Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.”

³¹ As he crossed over Peniel, the sun rose over him, and he was limping on his thigh. ³² Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the thigh, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.