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Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 32:31

In 11 translations

BSB
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.Penuel is a variant of Peniel; see verse 30.
KJV
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
WEB
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
ASV
And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.
LSV
and the sun rises on him when he has passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;
YLT
and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;
DBY
And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.
DRC
And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.
GNV
And the sunne rose vp to him as he passed Peniel, and he halted vpon his thigh.
JPS32:32
And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
LXXE32:32
And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.

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Original-language editions

WLC32:32
וַיִּֽזְרַֽח־ל֣וֹ הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבַ֖ר אֶת־פְּנוּאֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא צֹלֵ֖עַ עַל־יְרֵכֽוֹ׃KJV:Gen.32.31
LXX-Br32:32
Ἀνέτειλεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἥλιος, ἡνίκα παρῆλθε τὸ εἶδος τοῦ Θεοῦ· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐπέσκαζε τῷ μηρῷ αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
  • Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
  • Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
  • Genesis 19:23And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
  • Genesis 19:15At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
  • Judges 8:8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
  • Genesis 32:25When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 32:32 in some Bibles
  • 32:31 in most Bibles

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