²²That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons^b and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.^c ²³After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.^d ²⁴So Jacob was left alone,^e and a man^f wrestled with him till daybreak. ²⁵When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip^g so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. ²⁶Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

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

²⁷The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”ⁱ he answered.

²⁸Then the man said, “Your name^j will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^f^k because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”^l

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

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”ⁿ Then he blessed^o him there.

³⁰So Jacob called the place Peniel,^g saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,^p and yet my life was spared.”

³¹The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,^h^q and he was limping because of his hip.

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Genesis 32:28: Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Footnotes

fIsrael probably means he struggles with God.
gPeniel means face of God.
hHebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

Cross references

bSee Ge 30:24
c Nu 21:24; Dt 2:37; 3:16; Jos 12:2
dSee Ge 26:14
e Da 10:8
fSee Ge 18:2
gver 32
h Hos 12:4
iSee Ge 25:26
j Isa 1:26; 56:5; 60:14; 62:2, 4, 12; 65:15
kSee Ge 17:5
lSee Ge 30:8
m Ex 3:13; 6:3; Jdg 13:17
n Jdg 13:18
o Ge 25:11; 35:9; 48:3
pSee Ge 16:13; 1 Co 13:12
q Jdg 8:9