Genesis 32:22–32

²²During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok. ^m23He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

Jacob Wrestles with God

²⁴Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. ⁿ²⁵When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip. ²⁶Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”

²⁷“What is your name?” the man asked.

“Jacob,” he replied.

²⁸“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” ^oHe said. “It will be Israel ^pbecause you have struggled with God ^qand with men and have prevailed.”

²⁹Then Jacob asked Him, “Please tell me Your name.”

But He answered, “Why do you ask My name?” ^rAnd He blessed him there.

³⁰Jacob then named the place Peniel, ^s“For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “and I have been delivered.” ^t31The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel ^uv—limping because of his hip. ³²That is why, to this day, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because He struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle. ^w