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And Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבwas leftיִּוָּתֵרalone,לְבַדּוֹand a manאִישׁwrestledוַיֵּאָבֵקwith himעִמּוֹuntilעַדthe dawnהַשָּׁחַרcame up.עֲלוֹת
Genesis 32:24
Study it in the app“And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the dawn came up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:24, word by word
- And Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- was leftיִּוָּתֵרyivater
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “yivater” appears- aloneבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- and a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- wrestledיֵּאָבֵקyeavek
wrestle
Wrestle, grapple hand to hand. It occurs only in Genesis 32.
Where else “yeavek” appears- the dawnשָּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears- came upעֲלוֹתalot
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “alot” appears
Translation note
The narrative calls him “a man.” Jacob says afterward that he saw God face to face (32:30), and Hosea 12:3-4 says that he wrestled with God and with “the angel.” The text explains no further.
The context
23He took them and sent them across the stream, and he sent across what he had.
24 · This verse (above)
25When he saw that he could not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip, and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
To study Genesis 32 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?