Genesis 32:31 - Exposition

And as he passed over Penuel —this some suppose to have been the original name of the place, which Jacob changed by the alteration of a vowel, but it is probably nothing more than an old form of the same word— the sun rose upon him ,—"there was sunshine within and sunshine without. When Judas went forth on his dark design, we read, 'It was night,' John 13:30 " (Inglis)— and he halted upon his thigh —thus carrying with him a memorial of his conflict, as Paul afterwards bore about with him a stake in his flesh ( 2 Corinthians 12:7 ).