Genesis 32:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.”
Genesis 32:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 32:31 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 32:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.”
Genesis 32:31 — World English Bible
Genesis 32:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh. ”
Genesis 32:31 — American Standard Version
Genesis 32:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;”
Genesis 32:31 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 32:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip. ”
Genesis 32:31 — Darby Translation
Genesis 32:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the sunne rose vp to him as he passed Peniel, and he halted vpon his thigh.”
Genesis 32:31 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 32:31 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the sun rose upon him when he passed Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh.”
Genesis 32:31 — The Living Sword
Genesis 32:31 in Context — Genesis 32
29 And 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.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore 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.
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What Does Genesis 32:31 Mean?
Genesis 32:31 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 32. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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