Genesis 32:26

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he struck his hip socket; so Ya'akovʼs hip socket dislocated while he wrestled with him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

In Context

25And Ya'akov was left by himself; and there wrestled an ish with him until the shachar (dawn, sunup).

27And he said, Let me go, for shachar breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, unless thou make a berakhah upon me.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:10Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; I will make of thee a Goy Gadol.

1 Chronicles 4:10And Yabetz called on Elohei Yisroel, saying, O that Thou wouldest put a barucha on me indeed, and enlarge my territory, and that Thine yad might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from ra'ah, that it may not grieve me! And Elohim granted him that which he requested.

Psalms 67:6Let the people praise Thee, O Elohim; 1 let kol Amim praise Thee. 1

Song of Solomon 3:4Scarcely had I passed from them, 1 when I found him whom my nefesh loveth; 1 I held him, and would not let him go, 1 until I had brought him into the bais immi (the house of my mother), 1 and into the cheder of her that conceived me. 1

Isaiah 45:11Thus saith Hashem, 1 Kadosh Yisroel, and its Yotzer: 1 Will ye ask Me of otiyyot (things to come, future things) 1 concerning My banim, 1 and will ye command Me regarding the po'al of My hands? 1

Hosea 12:4In the beten (womb) he (Ya'akov) akav (took at the heel) [of] his brother 1 and by his strength he sarah (struggled with, persevered) with Elohim; 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:25-32

Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. ( b. c. 1739.) 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no… Read the whole commentary →

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