Genesis 32:22–31

Jacob Wrestles with God

²²The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,⁵ and crossed the ford of the ^fJabbok. ²³He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. ²⁴And Jacob was left alone. And ^ga man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. ²⁵When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. ²⁶Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, ^h“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” ²⁷And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” ²⁸Then he said, ⁱ“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,⁶ for ^jyou have striven with God and ^kwith men, and have prevailed.” ²⁹Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, ^l“Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. ³⁰So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,⁷ saying, “For ^mI have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” ³¹The sun rose upon him as he passed ⁿPenuel, limping because of his hip.