Gen.32.32

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Gen.32.32

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.

Gen.32.32

(This is why Israelites to this day don't eat the hip muscle; because Jacob's hip was thrown out of joint.)

Gen.32.32

Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.

Gen.32.32

Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank.

Gen.32.32

That is why even today the people of Israel don't eat meat from near the hip, in memory of what happened that night.