C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Genesis 32:32
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Genesis32:32
Gen 32:32
With the rising of the sun after the night of his conflict, the night of anguish and fear also passed away from Jacob’s mind, so that he was able to leave Pnuel in comfort, and go forward on his journey. The dislocation of the thigh alone remained. For this reason the children of Israel are accustomed to avoid eating the nervus ischiadicus, the principal nerve in the neighbourhood of the hip, which is easily injured by any violent strain in wrestling. “Unto this day:” the remark is applicable still.
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