What happened when Jacob wrestled at the Jabbok?
At the ford Jabbok, Jacob sent his family across and was left alone. A man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man could not overcome Jacob, he touched Jacob's thigh, dislocating it, crippling him. From that point on, Jacob walked with a limp, called a halt in Scripture.
Les explains that Jacob had parted some of his flocks and family and sent them over the brook as he headed toward Canaan to meet Esau. That night he rose and took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons and passed over the ford Jabbok, a little stream that flowed into the Jordan from the east. Les notes that Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the stranger saw that he could not prevail against Jacob, he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, and the hollow of his thigh was out of joint—he crippled him. From that point on, Jacob walks with a limp, called a halt in Scripture.