Genesis 32:24
So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
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- Hos 12:3-5 : 3 Israel Must Return to the God of Jacob In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God. 4 He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him! 5 As for the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is the name by which he is remembered!
- Gen 32:28 : 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
- Gen 32:30 : 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
- Luke 13:24 : 24 “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
- Eph 6:12 : 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
- Eph 6:18 : 18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.
- Luke 22:44 : 44 And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
- 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.
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- Gen 32:25-328 verses87%
25 When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him.
26 Then the man said,“Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.”“I will not let you go,” Jacob replied,“unless you bless me.”
27 The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”
28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
29 Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
31 The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.
32 That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip near the attached sinew.
- Hos 12:3-42 verses74%
3 Israel Must Return to the God of Jacob In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.
4 He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!
- Gen 32:21-233 verses74%
21 So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.
22 During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.
- Gen 32:1-22 verses72%
1 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.
2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,“This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- Gen 32:7-93 verses71%
7 Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.
8 “If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought,“then the other camp will be able to escape.”
9 Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’
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11 He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place
- Gen 35:9-102 verses70%
9 God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.
10 God said to him,“Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel.
- Gen 28:15-162 verses69%
15 I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”
16 Then Jacob woke up and thought,“Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
- Gen 31:20-212 verses69%
20 Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.
21 He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
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42 If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”
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2 God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”
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25 Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.
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36 Esau exclaimed,“‘Jacob is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked,“Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
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26 When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
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8 Then Rachel said,“I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
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36 Jacob became angry and argued with Laban.“What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban.“What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?
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11 In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.
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13 Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau
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42 But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.
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3 The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
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6 Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
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24 But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Powerful One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,