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Genesis 32:23-24

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32:23 He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions. 1  32:24 So Jacob was left alone. Then a man 2  wrestled 3  with him until daybreak. 4 
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[32:23]  1 tn Heb “and he sent across what he had.”

[32:24]  2 sn Reflecting Jacob’s perspective at the beginning of the encounter, the narrator calls the opponent simply “a man.” Not until later in the struggle does Jacob realize his true identity.

[32:24]  3 sn The verb translated “wrestled” (וַיֵּאָבֵק, vayyeaveq) sounds in Hebrew like the names “Jacob” (יַעֲקֹב, yaaqov) and “Jabbok” (יַבֹּק, yabboq). In this way the narrator links the setting, the main action, and the main participant together in the mind of the reader or hearer.

[32:24]  4 tn Heb “until the rising of the dawn.”



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