Genesis 32:24-29

Jacob Wrestles with God

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone. And _g a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. ²⁵ When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. ²⁶ Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, _h "I will not let you go unless you bless me." ²⁷ And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." ²⁸ Then he said, _i "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ₁ for _j you have striven with God and _k with men, and have prevailed." ²⁹ Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, _l "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him.

1. Cross References
   Hosea 12:3 - 4
   In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 18:1
   And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
   Matthew 15:21 - 28
   And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 35:10
   And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So he called his name Israel.
   2 Kings 17:34
   To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
   
4. Cross References
   Hosea 12:3 - 4
   In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 33:4
   But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
   
6. Cross References
   Judges 13:18
   And the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?