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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 thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. (Gen. 19:22)
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Num. 14:13‑14• 13And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
 14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. (Num. 14:13‑14)
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Isa. 41:14• 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:14)
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Isa. 45:11• 11Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of 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 by his strength he had power with God:
 4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us; (Hos. 12:3‑4)
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Matt. 15:22‑28• 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
 28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. (Matt. 15:22‑28)
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Luke 11:5‑8• 5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
 6For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
 7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
 8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. (Luke 11:5‑8)
touched.
Gen. 32:32• 32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. (Gen. 32:32)
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Psa. 30:6‑7• 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
 7Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and 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 willing, but the flesh is weak.
 44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. (Matt. 26:41,44)
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2 Cor. 12:7‑9• 7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
 8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
 9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest 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.