Genesis 32:32

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 32:25

And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered.

Genesis 32:31

And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.

Genesis 33:1

Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam built up Shechem, on mount Ephraim, and he lived there. And departing from there, he built up Penuel.

Judges 8:8

And going up from there, he arrived at Penuel. And he spoke to the men of that place similarly. And they also answered him, just as the men of Succoth had answered.

1 Samuel 5:5

Moreover, only the trunk of Dagon remained in its place. For this reason, the priests of Dagon, and all who enter his temple, do not tread upon the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, even to this day.