Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.’ Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. ,
Genesis 32:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when [the Man] saw that He did not prevail against [Jacob], He touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob's thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with Him. American Standard Version (1901) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. Common English Bible When the man saw that he couldn’t defeat Jacob, he grabbed Jacob’s thigh and tore a muscle in Jacob’s thigh as he wrestled with him. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank. |
Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.’ Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. ,
Then he said to Jacob, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
That is why, still today, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because he struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.
Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel. I will help you’ – this is the Lord’s declaration. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
This is what the Lord, the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, says: ‘Ask me what is to happen to my sons, and instruct me about the work of my hands.
Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.’
After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.