Jacob Wrestles with God and Becomes Israel

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And Jacob was left alone; and a being wrestled with him until dawn. And when the being saw that he couldn’t defeat Jacob, he struck him on his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was wrenched out of joint.

And he said, “Let me go: dawn is coming.”

And he said, “I will not let you go until you bless me.”

And he said, “What is your name?”

And he said, “Jacob.”

And he said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, Heel-Grasper, but Israel, He Who Has Struggled with God, because you have struggled with God and you have won.”

And Jacob said, “Please, tell me your name.”

And he said, “You must not ask my name.” And he left him there.

And Jacob named the place Penuel, The Face of God: “because I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.” And the sun rose on him as he passed through Penuel, and he was limping.