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Genesis 32:31

World English Bible

The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

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Genesis 32:31 in other translations

And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

Genesis 32:31 · American Standard Version

Genesis 32:31 in context

  1. 29Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”
    He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed him there.
  2. 30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
  3. 31The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
  4. 32Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.