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Genesis 32:30-32 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved."

31. And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.

32. For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob's thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.

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