Genesis 32

Genesis 32:5

And I have sent to tell thee my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

And I have sent to give thee, my lord Esau, notice, both of my purpose of passing through thy country, and of my estate.

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, &c.

Deliver me from the revenge of my brother, even my brother Esau; for I fear, lest he will come and put all to the sword, without regard of sex or age.

Genesis 32:13

And took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother.

And took of the choicest of that substance he had for a present for Esau.

Genesis 32:24

And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

God the Son appeared to him, and wrestled with him, in the likeness of a man; exercising both his bodily and spiritual strength.

Genesis 32:25

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 when he had proved the strength of his faith such, as that it could not be daunted, &c. lest Jacob should have been puffed up with the opinion of his strength, Christ left him a bodily affliction to humble him by, such as might testify, it was not the hand of a mere man that strove with him.

Genesis 32:26

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, as yet concealing himself from Jacob, said, after the manner of men, as if the violence of Jacob had compelled him, Let me go, for the morning appeareth; but Jacob, now perceiving some more than human matter in this his wrestler, answered, Let me be importunate with thee, not to depart from me, till thou have blessed me.

Genesis 32:27

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Then asked he, not as being ignorant, but as desirous to take occasion from Jacob’s own report of his name, to pronounce his purpose of the alteration of it, What is thy name?

Genesis 32:28

For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Because thy faith and importunity hath prevailed with God, much more shalt thou prevail with Esau, and with whatsoever adversary.

Genesis 32:30

For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

I have seen the Son of God in the assumed shape of a man, face to face, and have escaped death; both from this sight, and also from the danger of Esau.

Genesis 32:32

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank.

Therefore, the children of Israel, in a reverent remembrance of this act and event, concerning Jacob, eat not of the hinder sinews, &c.