[[Zvi Kolitz]] (1993) menyebut Yakub "bergulat dengan Allah".<ref>{{cite book|author1=Zvi Kolitz|authorlink1=Zvi Kolitz|title=Confrontation: The Existential Thought of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik|date=1993|publisher=KTAV Publishing House|isbn=9780881254310|page=50}}</ref>
Akibat cedera di pangkal paha YusufYakub akibat bergulat, Yahudi dilarang menyantap daging yang menutupi sendi pangkal paha,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ze'ev Maghen|authorlink1=Ze'ev Maghen|title=After Hardship Cometh Ease: The Jews as Backdrop for Muslim Moderation|url=https://archive.org/details/afterhardshipcom0000magh|date=2006|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110184549|page=[https://archive.org/details/afterhardshipcom0000magh/page/117 117]|edition=reprint}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=John R. Kohlenberger|editor1-last=Kohlenberger|editor1-first=John R.|title=The Essential Evangelical Parallel Bible: New King James Version, English Standard Version, New Living Translation, the Message|url=https://archive.org/details/essentialevangel0000unse|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195281781|page=[https://archive.org/details/essentialevangel0000unse/page/77 77]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=[[Tremper Longman]]|author2=[[David E. Garland]]|editor1-last=Longman|editor1-first=Tremper|editor2-last=Garland|editor2-first=David E.|title=Genesis-Leviticus|date=2008|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=9780310230823|page=255|edition=revised}}</ref> seperti yang disebutkan dalam {{Alkitab|Kejadian 32:32}}.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Eli Yassif|title=The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning|date=2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253002624|page=13}}</ref>
