After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. , Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
Hosea 12:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Jacob struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favour. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, he had power over the Angel [of the Lord] and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. He met Him in Bethel, and there [God] spoke with [him and through him with] us–[Gen. 28:12-19; 32:28; Gen. 35:1-15.] American Standard Version (1901) yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us, Common English Bible He struggled with the messenger and survived; he wept and sought his favor; he met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him. Catholic Public Domain Version And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us. |
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. , Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.
Then he said to Jacob, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
Then Jacob asked him, ‘Please tell me your name.’ But he answered, ‘Why do you ask my name? ’ And he blessed him there.
Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
In all their suffering, he suffered, , and the angel of his presence saved them. He redeemed them because of his love and compassion; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past.
‘See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in #– #see, he is coming,’ says the Lord of Armies.
Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.