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Genesis 32:24

What does Genesis 32:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 32:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

Context

v.23And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

v.24This passage

v.25And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 5:7

    Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

  • Genesis 30:8

    And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

  • Isaiah 32:2

    And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

  • Hosea 12:3

    In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

  • Luke 22:44

    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

  • Exodus 14:27

    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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