Genesis 32:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. The sun rose upon him - Did the Prophet Malachi refer to this, Malachi 4:2 : Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings? Possibly with the rising of the sun, which may here be understood as emblematical of the Sun of righteousness - the Lord Jesus, the pain and weakness of his thigh passed away, and he felt both in soul and body that he was healed of his plagues.