Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est pourquoi jusqu'à ce jour, les enfants d'Israël ne mangent point le tendon qui est à l'emboîture de la hanche; car Dieu frappa Jacob à l'emboîture de la hanche, au tendon.
KJV
Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
y Rabbi Moses (Doct. Perplex. iii). The reason why they were forbidden to eat the sinews is given in Gn. 32:32, where it is stated that "the children of Israel . . . eat not the sinew . . . because he touched the sinew of" Jacob's "thing and it shrank." The figurative reason for…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
he halted on his foot ( Gn. 32:31 ) . . . because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank" ( Gn. 32:32 ). Therefore seemingly there is no delight in contemplation. On the contrary, It is written of the contemplation of wisdom ( Wis. 8:16 ): "Her conversation hath no bitte…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 140 (Migne)
lis per omnia eventus de beato Jacob legitur, cujus femur ad tactum angeli secum luctantis emarcuit (Gen. XXXII, 32) . Hec quidem, ut verum fatear, in Scripturis non inveni, sed relatu veracium et venerabilium virorum, hec vera esse, in veritate comperi. Equidem prepotens cancell…
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