Read Genesis 32:22-32 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 32.22-32, Genesis 32v22-32, Gen. 32:22-32. He got up during the night and took his two wives and the two personal maids and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River at the ford. After helpi…
Other reference formats: Genesis 32.22-32, Genesis 32v22-32, Gen. 32:22-32.
22 He got up during the night and took his two wives and the two personal maids and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River at the ford.
23 After helping them cross he also sent over everything that belonged to him.
24 But Jacob stayed there alone. A man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 When the man realized he couldn't beat Jacob, he hit Jacob's hip socket and put it out of joint as he wrestled with him.
26 Then the man said, “Let me go because it's almost dawn.” “I won't let you go unless you bless me,” Jacob replied.
27 “What's your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
28 “Jacob will no longer be your name,” said the man. “Instead you will be called Israel, because you fought with God and with men and you won.”
29 “Please tell me your name,” Jacob asked. “Why do you ask me my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
30 Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “I saw God face to face and I'm still alive!”
31 The sun came up as Jacob left Peniel, limping along because of his damaged hip.
32 (That's why, even today, Israelites don't eat the thigh tendon attached to the hip socket, because that's where the man hit Jacob's hip socket.)
Bereshit : « Au commencement » Le mot « Genèse » vient du grec genesis, qui signifie « origine ». En hébreu, le livre s'appelle Bereshit, « Au commencement », son tout premier mot.
Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph