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Sforno on Genesis 32:26/ספורנו על בראשית ל״ב:כ״ו

אלֹא יָכוֹל לוֹ. לְרֹב דְּבֵקוּתוֹ תָּמִיד בָּאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה וּבְדִבּוּר:
1לא יכול לו, seeing that most of Yaakov’s striving was oriented toward G’d and heavenly concerns. Both his thinking and his conversation had G’d and His will as its focus.
בוַיִּגַּע. הוֹדִיעוֹ הַחֵטְא הֶעָתִיד בְּמַדְרִיכֵי עַמּוֹ, וּבְדַאֲגָתוֹ בָּזֶה פָּסַק הַדִּבּוּר, וַתֵּקַע כַּף יְרֵכוֹ בְּהֵאָבְקוֹ:
2ויגע he informed him that in the future, i.e. כף ירכו, many of his offspring would become guilty of sins against G’d. While this troubled Yaakov he momentarily digressed from his concentration on G’d so that the angel could inflict an injury upon him during his lapse of concentration.