And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 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. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 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.-Genesis 32:24-32***At least 20 years after Jacob (Israel) followed the instructions of his mother Rebekah and deceived his father Isaac and older twin brother Esau (Edom), and left home with no costly possessions, and began living in Padam Aram in northern Mesopotamia with Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian and other family members, and married Laban's daughters Leah and Rachel, and fathered children with Leah, Rachel, and maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, and became prosperous, and was connected to Laban's increased prosperity, Jacob was returning to his parents' home in Canaan and was involved in a divine wrestling encounter. When Jacob was 130 years old, Jacob moved from Canaan to Egypt, the country wherein Jacob and Rachel's firstborn son Joseph was second-in-command. Over 1,800 years after Jacob died in Egypt and was buried in Canaan, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Jacob, and Isaac, and to Isaac's father Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to their descendants, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 1:1-4:26, 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Hosea 12:1-14, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
Reference Information:
Israel = yisrael = sarah + el = He who strives, contends or prevails with God, prince with God, God strives
Jacob = yaaqob = aqab/aqeob = heel catcher, he who closely follows, supplanter
Peniel/Penuel = Pniylel = panim + el = panah + el = face of God
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