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22 During the night Jacob took with him his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons. They went across the Jabbok river where there was a place to cross.[a] 23 After Jacob had sent his family across, he also sent all his things across the stream. 24 Then Jacob was alone. A man came and fought with him for a long time.[b] They continued until dawn.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:22 This part of the Jabbok river was not very deep. It was about 20 miles north of the Dead Sea.
  2. 32:24 God came to Jacob as an angel. See Hosea 12:4-5.