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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 32, Verse 31

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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
King James Version
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
American Standard Version
And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.
New English Translation
The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.
World English Bible
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of 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.
1
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who [are] those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
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Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
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And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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And he said, What [meanest] thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, [These are] to find grace in the sight of my lord.
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.