Proper 13
Genesis 32:22-31 NLT
22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and
crossed the Jabbok River with them. 23 After taking them to the other side, he sent over all his
possessions.
24 This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to
break. 25 When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it
out of its socket. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!”
But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 “What is your name?” the man asked.
He replied, “Jacob.”
28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because
you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
29 “Please tell me your name,” Jacob said.
“Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
30 Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face,
yet my life has been spared.” 31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of the
injury to his hip.