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Genesis 32:26

World English Bible

The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

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Genesis 32:26 in other translations

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

Genesis 32:26 · American Standard Version

Genesis 32:26 in context

  1. 24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
  2. 25When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
  3. 26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.”
    Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
  4. 27He said to him, “What is your name?”
    He said, “Jacob”.
  5. 28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”