Genesis 32:24
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
23In this way he sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.
Cross References
Genesis 32:28The man said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
Genesis 48:16the angel who has protected me from all harm, may he bless these boys. 1 May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. 1 May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
Song of Solomon 2:17Go away, my beloved, 1 before the soft winds of dawn blow and the shadows flee away. 1 Go away; be like a gazelle or a young stag 1 on the rugged mountains.
Hosea 12:3In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, 1 and in his manhood he struggled with God. 1
Luke 22:44Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
Romans 15:30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your 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 →