Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 32:25 - English Standard Version 2016 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 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. |
Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the sinew of the thigh.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: “Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.