When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.
Genesis 32:32 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank. |
When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.
The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel , #– #limping because of his hip.
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming towards him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two slave women.
Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.
He went from there to Penuel and asked the same thing from them. The men of Penuel answered just as the men of Succoth had answered.
That is why, still today, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.