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Genesis 32:26

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32:26Then the man60 said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.”61 “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied,62 “unless you bless me.”63

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  1. 60 Heb “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 61 Heb “dawn has arisen.”
  3. 62 Heb “and he said, ‘I will not let you go.’ ” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  4. 63 Jacob wrestled with a man thinking him to be a mere man, and on that basis was equal to the task. But when it had gone on long enough, the night visitor touched Jacob and crippled him. Jacob’s request for a blessing can only mean that he now knew that his opponent was supernatural. Contrary to many allegorical interpretations of the passage that make fighting equivalent to prayer, this passage shows that Jacob stopped fighting, and then asked for a blessing.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then he said to Jacob, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!”

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.” But he answered, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.