Genesis 32:24
And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
In Context
23And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
Cross References
Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for thou have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.
Genesis 48:16the [heavenly] agent who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Hosea 12:3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God.
Luke 22:44And having become in agony he prayed more intensely, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Romans 15:30Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:14-24
Jacob's Present to Esau. ( b. c. 1739.) 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he… Read the whole commentary →