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Jacob said, 'God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh who told me, "Go back to your native land and I will be good to you," (Genesis 32, 10)
Then Jacob passed that night there. From what he had with him he chose a gift for his brother Esau: (Genesis 32, 14)
you will answer, "Your servant Jacob's. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And Jacob himself is just behind us." ' (Genesis 32, 19)
And you must add, "Your servant Jacob himself is just behind us." ' For he thought, 'If I conciliate him by sending a gift in advance, perhaps he will be well inclined towards me when I face him.' (Genesis 32, 21)
And Jacob was left alone. Then someone wrestled with him until daybreak (Genesis 32, 25)
who, seeing that he could not master him, struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob's hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him. (Genesis 32, 26)
He said, 'Let me go, for day is breaking.' Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.' (Genesis 32, 27)
The other said, 'What is your name?' 'Jacob,' he replied. (Genesis 32, 28)
He said, 'No longer are you to be called Jacob, but Israel since you have shown your strength against God and men and have prevailed.' (Genesis 32, 29)
Then Jacob asked, 'Please tell me your name.' He replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' With that, he blessed him there. (Genesis 32, 30)
Jacob named the place Peniel, 'Because I have seen God face to face,' he said, 'and have survived.' (Genesis 32, 31)
That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh sinew which is at the hip socket: because he had struck Jacob at the hip socket on the thigh sinew. (Genesis 32, 33)
