Genesis 32:24
(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
23(32-24) And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
Cross References
Genesis 32:28(32-29) And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.'
Genesis 48:16the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in 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 breathe, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Hosea 12:3(12-4) In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;
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 →