Pentecost Season · Proper 13 · Year A
Genesis 32:22-31
Jacob Wrestles at Peniel
August 2, 2026
Overview & Insights
"You have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed." (Genesis 32:28)
Alone at the Jabbok, Jacob wrestles through the night with a mysterious man who renames him Israel and blesses him, and Jacob names the place Peniel for having seen God face to face.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Genesis 32:22-31 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on Jacob wrestling at the Jabbok for the semicontinuous track.
Enduring Word: Genesis 32 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
StudyLight: Genesis 32 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on Genesis 32 gathered on one passage page.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Genesis 32:22 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the night crossing of the Jabbok.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Genesis Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Genesis and the ancestral stories.
BibleProject: Genesis 12-50 Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the ancestral narratives from Abraham to Joseph.
Sefaria: Genesis 32 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Genesis 32 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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