# Genesis 32.32 **Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31. And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh. > > **32. Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.** (Genesis 32:30-32, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 30. Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” 31. The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh. > > **32. Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.** (Genesis 32:30-32, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Peniel: that is, The face of God 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.** (Genesis 32:30-32, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 30. And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;' 31. and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh; > > **32. therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob's thigh, against the sinew which shrank.** (Genesis 32:30-32, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Jesus is Jacobs Ladder](/codex/jesus-is-jacobs-ladder/), via [Genesis 32.22-32](/codex/genesis-32-22-32/) **Lexicon:** - [H3409 - yarek](/codex/h3409-yarek/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.