When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the socket of his thigh, and the socket of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
Genesis 32:26 - Y'all Version Bible The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then He said, Let Me go, for day is breaking. But [Jacob] said, I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing upon me. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Common English Bible The man said, “Let me go because the dawn is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I won’t let you go until you bless me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to him, "Release me, for now the dawn ascends." He responded, "I will not release you, unless you bless me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered. I will not let thee go except thou bless me. |
When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the socket of his thigh, and the socket of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.
May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause ʜɪꜱ face to shine on us. Selah.
Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them. Then I will make from you a great nation.”
Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like purple tapestries. The king is held captive by its tresses.
YHWH, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “Are y’all questioning me about what is to come concerning my sons, and are y’all commanding me about the work of my hands!
There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Therefore, my beloved siblings, y’all must stand firm, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because y’all know that y’all’s labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and petitions with strong cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.