Hosea 12:3

World English Bible (2000)

In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 25:26 : 26 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
  • Gen 32:24-28 : 24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day. 25 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled. 26 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me." 27 He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob." 28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

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    4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

  • Gen 32:23-31
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    23 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

    24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

    25 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

    26 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."

    27 He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."

    28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."

    29 Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

    30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

    31 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

  • Gen 25:26
    75%

    26 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

  • Gen 27:35-36
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    72%

    35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."

    36 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

  • Gen 30:8
    71%

    8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    71%

    2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

  • Hos 12:2
    70%

    2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

  • Gen 25:22-24
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    70%

    22 The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.

    23 Yahweh said to her, "Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger."

    24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 49:24-25
    2 verses
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    24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

    25 even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

  • Gen 31:23
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    23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

  • Gen 27:40
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    40 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

  • Gen 32:11
    69%

    11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.

  • Rom 9:12
    68%

    12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."

  • Gen 38:29
    68%

    29 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.

  • Mic 5:3
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    3 Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.

  • Gen 38:27
    68%

    27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

  • Gen 33:3
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    3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

  • Gen 16:12
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    12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

  • Gen 31:29
    67%

    29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

  • Gen 25:33
    67%

    33 Jacob said, "Swear to me first." He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.

  • Gen 48:19
    67%

    19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

  • Gen 27:30
    67%

    30 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

  • Gen 32:13
    67%

    13 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:

  • Acts 7:9
    67%

    9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,