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Genesis 32

Gen. 32:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
was left
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
alone; and there wrestled
'abaq (Hebrew #79)
to bedust, i.e. grapple
KJV usage: wrestle.
Pronounce: aw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as denominative from 80
l a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
with him until the ηbreaking
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
of the day
shachar (Hebrew #7837)
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
KJV usage: day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
Pronounce: shakh'-ar
Origin: from 7836
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Hos. 12:3‑4• 3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
 4Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us, (Hos. 12:3‑4)
η
ascending of the morning.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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wrestled.
Gen. 30:8• 8And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali. (Gen. 30:8)
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Luke 13:24• 24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. (Luke 13:24)
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Luke 22:44• 44And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)
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Rom. 8:26‑27• 26And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.
 27But he who searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for saints according to God. (Rom. 8:26‑27)
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Rom. 15:30• 30But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God; (Rom. 15:30)
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Eph. 6:12,18• 12because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual power of wickedness in the heavenlies.
 18praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints; (Eph. 6:12,18)
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Col. 2:1• 1For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh; (Col. 2:1)
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Col. 4:12• 12Epaphras, who is one of you, the bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Col. 4:12)
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Heb. 5:7• 7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;) (Heb. 5:7)
man.
Gen. 32:28,30• 28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel--For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved. (Gen. 32:28,30)
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Gen. 48:16• 16the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land! (Gen. 48:16)
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Isa. 32:2• 2And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:2)
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Hos. 12:3‑5• 3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
 4Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
 5--even Jehovah, the God of hosts,--Jehovah is his memorial. (Hos. 12:3‑5)
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1 Cor. 15:47• 47the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven. (1 Cor. 15:47)
breaking of the day.
Heb. ascending of the morning.
Ex. 14:27• 27And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. (Ex. 14:27)
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Song of Sol. 2:17• 17Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Sol. 2:17)
• To be left alone with God is the only true way of arriving at a just knowledge of ourselves and our ways. (“Genesis 32” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• It was not Jacob wrestling with a man; but a man wrestling with Jacob. (“Genesis 32” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.