Genesis 32:26
And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
27And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
Cross References
Exodus 32:10And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make you a great nation.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
Psalms 67:6God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs. 1
Song of Solomon 3:4It was as a little while after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Isaiah 45:11For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Enquire of me concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command me.
Hosea 12:4And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and entreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there a word was spoken to them.
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 →