Logos Bible Study

Genesis 32:24

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

32:24So Jacob was left alone. Then a man54 wrestled55 with him until daybreak.56

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 54 Reflecting Jacob’s perspective at the beginning of the encounter, the narrator calls the opponent simply “a man.” Not until later in the struggle does Jacob realize his true identity.
  2. 55 The verb translated “wrestled” (וַיֵּאָבֵק, vayye’aveq) sounds in Hebrew like the names “Jacob” (יַעֲקֹב, ya’aqov) and “Jabbok” (יַבֹּק, yabboq). In this way the narrator links the setting, the main action, and the main participant together in the mind of the reader or hearer.
  3. 56 Heb “until the rising of the dawn.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

NLTNew Living Translation

This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Jacob remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.