Genesis 32:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקָּחֵ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת־הַנָּ֑חַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqqāḥēm wə-yaʿăbirēm ʾet-the-stream wə-yaʿăbēr ʾet-that-to-him.

Grammar Details

*wə-yiqqāḥēm*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he took them
*wə-yaʿăbirēm*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he caused them to cross over
*wə-yaʿăbēr*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he brought over

Word Meanings

*yiqqāḥēm*: to take them, to fetch them
*yaʿăbirēm*: to cause them to cross over, to lead them across
*yaʿăbēr*: to cause to cross over, to transfer, to bring over

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hos 12:3-5 : 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Eph 6:12 : 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 32:25-32
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25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
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.
Hos 12:3-4
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3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
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Gen 32:21-23
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21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
Gen 32:1-2
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1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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Gen 32:7-9
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Gen 35:9-10
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9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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Gen 28:15-16
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15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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Gen 31:20-21
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Gen 31:42
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Gen 31:25
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Gen 27:36
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Gen 31:36
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Gen 31:3
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3And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Gen 35:6
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Gen 49:24
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