Genesis 32:32 - The Scriptures 1998

³² That is why the children of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the hollow of the thigh, because [the Angel of the Lord] touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew of the hip.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

Common English Bible

³² Therefore, Israelites don’t eat the tendon attached to the thigh muscle to this day, because he grabbed Jacob’s thigh muscle at the tendon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob's thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.

Genesis 32:32 Cross References

Genesis 32:25

And when He saw that He did not overcome him, He touched the socket of his hip. And the socket of Yaʽ

Genesis 32:31

And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penu’ĕ

Genesis 33:1

And Yaʽ

1 Kings 12:25

And Yaroḇ

Judges 8:8

And he went up from there to Penu’ĕ

1 Samuel 5:5

That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who come into Dagon’s house do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdoḏ