Genesis 32:22–31

Jacob’s Fourth Encounter with God—He Wrestles with God

²²During that night he got up and gathered his two wives, his two slaves and his eleven children and crossed at the shallow part of the Jabbok River. ²³After he sent them across the stream, he sent everything else across. ²⁴So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until dawn. ²⁵When the man saw that he could not win against Jacob, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that it was dislocated as they wrestled. ²⁶Then the man said, “Let me go; it’s almost dawn.” 

But Jacob answered, “I won’t let you go until you bless me.” 

²⁷So the man asked him, “What’s your name?” 

“Jacob,” he answered. 

²⁸The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob but Israel ^[He Struggles With God^[, because you have struggled with God and with men—and you have won.” 

²⁹Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” 

The man answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there. ³⁰So Jacob named that place Peniel ^[Face of God^[, because he said, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.” ³¹The sun rose as he passed Penuel.^bHe was limping because of his hip.