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21 So the presents were sent on ahead, and Jacob spent that night in the camp.

22-24 But during the night he got up and wakened[a] his two wives and his two concubines and eleven sons, and sent them across the Jordan River at the Jabbok ford with all his possessions, then returned again to the camp and was there alone; and a Man wrestled with him until dawn.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:22 and wakened, implied.

21 So Jacob’s gifts(A) went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.

Jacob Wrestles With God

22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons(B) and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.(C) 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.(D)

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