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Bereshis 32:23-32 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

23. (24) And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over [all] that he had.

24. (25) And Ya'akov was left by himself; and there wrestled an ish with him until the shachar (dawn, sunup).

25. (26) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he struck his hip socket; so Ya'akov's hip socket dislocated while he wrestled with him.

26. (27) And he said, Let me go, for shachar breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, unless thou make a berakah upon me.

27. (28) And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.

28. (29) And he said, Shimcha shall be called no more Ya'akov, but Yisroel: for sarita im Elohim ([yisrah=to prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel] ye have striven with Elohim) and with anashim, and hast overcome.

29. (30) And Ya'akov asked him, and said, Tell me, now, shemecha. And he said, Why is it that thou dost ask after shmi? And he made a berakhah upon him there.

30. (31) And Ya'akov called the shem of the makom (place) Peniel [Face of G-d): for I have seen Elohim panim el panim, and my nefesh is saved.

31. (32) And as he passed over Penuel the shemesh rose upon him, and he limped upon his hip.

32. (33) Therefore the Bnei Yisroel eat not of the sinew of the thigh vein (sciatic nerve) which is upon the hip socket, unto this day; because he touched the hip socket of Ya'akov in the sinew of the thigh vein.

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