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.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

The sinew in beasts of any kind, corresponding with that part of Jacob's thigh. (Haydock) Some refrain from the whole quarter, others extract the sinew. This they do, without any command, in memory of this transaction. (Calmet)

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