30 Jacob then named the place Peniel,[a] “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “and I have been delivered.”(A) 31 The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel[b](B)—limping because of his hip. 32 That is why, to this day, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because He struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 = Face of God
  2. Genesis 32:31 Variant of Peniel
  3. Genesis 32:32 Or tendon

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