Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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… find out he's something pretty special. He touched Jacob's hip and wrenched it out of socket. Then the man said, let me go for the dawn is breaking. But Jacob said, I will not let you go unless you bless me. crazy story. The man couldn't overpower Jacob. Why? Maybe Jacob was a purple belt. We don't know. And so the man touches Jacob's hip and dislocates it. One touch and his hip is out of socket. What kind of man can touch your hip with a finger and take your whole hip out of socket? The answer is no ordinary man. Now think about this. He destroys Jacob's hip. And in agony, Jacob can barely stand. And he keeps wrestling. He's in pain. he can barely stand and he doesn't let go. In the middle of pain, he just keeps hanging on. And that may be where some of you are right now. You're in the middle of it, you're in agony, you don't have the answers, it came out of the blue. …
… so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. And the man said, let me go for it is daybreak. Notice, Jacob is wrestling not with him, not just for one minute, not just for 12 rounds. It is happening until daybreak. Through the night, Jacob is wrestling with this man. Let me go for it is daybreak. But Jacob replied, I will not let you go unless you bless me. Some blessings take you holding on to the promises that God has given you to say, I will not let you go until you bless me. I will not let you go until I receive this answered prayer. I will not let you go until I see you move in my life. I will not let you go until I receive that word. I will not let you go until God, I see you move in my life. So he holds on. He says, I'm not gonna let you go. I'm not gonna let you go until you bless me, until you bless me. …
so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, let me go, for it is daybreak. But Jacob replied, I will not let you go unless you bless me. The man asked him, what is your name? Jacob, he answered. Then the man said, your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome. Jacob said, Please tell me your name. But he replied, Why do you ask my name? Then he blessed him there. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared. The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip. Therefore, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon. Let me reread verse 31 on this 31st day of December. …
… and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go for the day breaks. But he said, I will not let you go unless you bless me. So he said to him, What is your name? He said, Jacob. And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob. But Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed. Then Jacob asked, saying, Tell me your name, I pray. And he said, Why is it that you ask me about my name? And he blessed him there. So Jacob called the name of this place, Peniel, for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Just as he crossed over Penuel, the sun rose on him and he limped on his hip. Therefore, to this day, the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank. …