Genesis 32:26 meaning and explanation

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Genesis 32:26, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob is alone at the ford of the Jabbok, having sent his family and possessions across ahead of him, and he has spent the night wrestling with a mysterious man until daybreak. The man asks to be released because dawn has come, and Jacob answers with a demand rather than a request: he will not let go without a blessing.

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