Genesis 32:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.”
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“The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 32:31 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
- Genesis 19:15At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- Genesis 19:23And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
- Genesis 32:25When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
- Exodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
- Exodus 24:11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
- Deuteronomy 5:24and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
- Deuteronomy 5:26For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
- Judges 6:22When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
- Judges 6:23But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
- Judges 8:8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
- 1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
- Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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