Genesis 32:24
Now when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
23And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had.
Cross References
Genesis 32:28Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
Genesis 48:16The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.
Song of Solomon 2:17Vntil the day breake, and the shadowes flee away: returne, my welbeloued, and be like a roe, or a yong hart vpon the mountaines of Bether.
Hosea 12:3Hee tooke his brother by the heele in the wombe, and by his strength he had power with God,
Luke 22:44But being in an agonie, hee prayed more earnestly: and his sweate was like drops of blood, trickling downe to the ground.
Romans 15:30Also brethren, I beseeche you for our Lord Iesus Christes sake, and for the loue of the spirit, that ye would striue with me by 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 →