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Genesis 32

Gen. 32:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when he saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
that he prevailed
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
not against him, he touched
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
the hollow of his thigh
yarek (Hebrew #3409)
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV usage: X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Pronounce: yaw-rake'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft
; and the hollow
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
of Jacob’s
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
thigh
yarek (Hebrew #3409)
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV usage: X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Pronounce: yaw-rake'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft
was out of joint
yaqa` (Hebrew #3363)
properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)
KJV usage: be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint.
Pronounce: yaw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
, as he 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
with him.

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Ministry on This Verse

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that he.
Gen. 19:22• 22Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar. (Gen. 19:22)
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Num. 14:13‑14• 13And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
 14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that thou, Jehovah, lettest thyself be seen eye to eye, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; (Num. 14:13‑14)
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Isa. 41:14• 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:14)
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Isa. 45:11• 11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me. (Isa. 45:11)
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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)
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Matt. 15:22‑28• 22and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried to him saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.
 23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to him and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.
 24But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
 25But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.
 26But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
 27But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
 28Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith is great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from *that* hour. (Matt. 15:22‑28)
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Luke 11:5‑8• 5And he said to them, Who among you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, let me have three loaves,
 6since a friend of mine on a journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him;
 7and he within answering should say, Do not disturb me; the door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up to give it thee?
 8--I say to you, Although he will not get up and give them to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants. (Luke 11:5‑8)
touched.
Gen. 32:32• 32Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh--the sinew. (Gen. 32:32)
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Psa. 30:6‑7• 6As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
 7Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled. (Psa. 30:6‑7)
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Matt. 26:41,44• 41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is ready, but the flesh weak.
 44And leaving them, he went away again and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. (Matt. 26:41,44)
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2 Cor. 12:7‑9• 7And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.
 8For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.
 9And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me. (2 Cor. 12:7‑9)
• Not until he “was left alone,” did he get a true idea of what a perfectly helpless thing he was in himself. Then, the seat of his strength being touched, he learned to say, “I will not let thee go.” “Other refuge have I none; Clings my helpless soul to thee.” (“Genesis 32” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• “The power of Christ” can only “rest on us “in connection with the knowledge of our infirmities. Christ cannot put the seal of His approval upon nature’s strength, its wisdom, or its glory. (“Genesis 32” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• God was dealing with and putting down His servant’s dependence on his own strength, devices, and resources in any and every way. Hence, as the symbol of this, what was touched and shrank was the known sign of man’s strength. (“Genesis 32” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the jointc of his thigh; and the jointc of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

JND Translation Notes

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The hollow of the joint.