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Genesis - ch 32 v 21 - 32
- So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.
- And rising early he took his two wives, and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.
- And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,
- He remained alone: and behold a man wrestled with him till morning.
- And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
- And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
- And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.
- But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?
- Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.
- And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.
- And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.
- Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.
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