UGenesise 32:22-32

Wavuka ngalobo busuku, wathatha abafazi bakhe ababili nezincekukazi zakhe ezimbili namadodana akhe ayishumi nanye, wadabula isigodi saseJabhoki. Wabathatha, wabawelisa umfula, wathumela lokho anakho. UJakobe wasala yedwa; kwaba khona umuntu wabambana naye kwaze kwasa. Esebona ukuthi akamnqobanga, wamthinta esikhoxeni senyonga; isikhonkwane senyonga kaJakobe saqhekezeka ekubambeni kwakhe. Wathi: “Ngiyeke ngihambe, ngokuba kuyasa.” Wathi: “Angiyikukuyeka ukuba uhambe, ungakangibusisi.” Wathi kuye: “Ungubani igama lakho na?” Wathi: “Jakobe! Wathi: “Igama lakho alisayikuthiwa uJakobe, kepha u-Israyeli; UJakobe wambuza wathi: “Ngitshele igama lakho.” Wathi: “Ubuzelani igama lami na? Wambusisa lapho. UJakobe waqamba leyo ndawo ngokuthi iPheniyeli, ngokuba ngibone uNkulunkulu ubuso nobuso, wasinda umphefumulo wami. Esedlula ePniel, ilanga lamphumela, wema ethangeni lakhe. Ngalokho abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abawudli umsipha wenyonga kuze kube namuhla, ngokuba wathinta esikhoxeni senyonga kaJakobe emsipheni oshwabeneyo.