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The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
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A Limp of Honor
Commentators agree that Jacob's limp was more than an injury; it was a lifelong, physical reminder of his encounter with God. Scholars like Spurgeon and Calvin explain it as a 'memorial of his weakness' that kept him humble and reliant on God. It was a visible sign that his new identity as a 'prince with God' was won not by his own strength, but by yielding to God's power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
The memorial of his weakness was to be with him as…
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16th Century
Protestant
And he halted upon his thigh. It is probable, and can even be gathered from the words of Moses, that this limping was without the sensatio…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him It was break of day when the angel desired to be let go, and by t…
Long before daybreak, Jacob, being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While doing so, One in the form of a man wrestled with …
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