Genesis 32:24
Jacob was left alone, and someone wrestled with him until daybreak.
Open English Bible (US)
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
23After he had sent them across with all his belongings,
Cross References
Genesis 32:28Then he said, “Your name will be no longer Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with mortals and have won.”
Genesis 48:16the messenger who has delivered me from all evil, bless the boys; and let them be known as descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.”
Hosea 12:3In the womb he supplanted his brother, in manhood he wrestled with God,
Luke 22:44And, as his anguish became intense, he prayed still more earnestly, while his sweat was like great drops of blood falling on the ground.
Romans 15:30I beg you, then, friends, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.
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 →