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Genesis 32:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The sun was coming up as Jacob was leaving Peniel. He was limping because he had been struck on the hip,

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Hagar thought, “Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?” So from then on she called him, “The God who Sees Me”.

Early the next morning the two angels tried to make Lot hurry and leave. They said, “Take your wife and your two daughters and get out of here as fast as you can! If you don't, every one of you will be killed when the LORD destroys the city.”

The sun was coming up as Lot reached the town of Zoar,

When the man saw that he could not win, he struck Jacob on the hip and threw it out of joint.

and the muscle on his hip joint had been injured. That's why even today the people of Israel don't eat the hip muscle of any animal.

Jeroboam rebuilt Shechem in Ephraim and made it a stronger town, then he moved there. He also fortified the town of Penuel.

They chose their bull, then they got it ready and prayed to Baal all morning, asking him to start the fire. They danced around the altar and shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” But there was no answer.

I am about to collapse from constant pain.

and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire, and it was as bright as the sky.

Even though these leaders of Israel saw God, he did not punish them. So they ate and drank.

Then I cried out, “I'm doomed! Everything I say is sinful, and so are the words of everyone around me. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD All-Powerful.”

But for you who honour my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays, and you will jump around like calves at play.

Of course, I am now referring to the wonderful things I saw. One of Satan's angels was sent to make me suffer terribly, so that I would not feel too proud.

But he replied, “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly boast about how weak I am.

and said: Today the LORD our God has shown us how powerful and glorious he is. He spoke to us from the fire, and we learnt that people can live, even though God speaks to them.

Has anyone else ever heard the only true God speaking from fire, as we have? And even if they have, would they live to tell about it?

Gideon realized that he had seen one of the LORD's angels. “Oh!” he moaned. “Now I'm going to die.”

“Calm down!” the LORD told Gideon. “There's nothing to be afraid of. You're not going to die.”

After leaving Succoth, Gideon went to Penuel and asked the leaders there for some food. But he got the same answer as he had got at Succoth.




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