Hosea 12:3-4
Verse 3 He took his brother by the heel - See on Gen 25:26 (note); Gen 32:24 (note), etc. Verse 4 He had power over the Angel - Who represented the invisible Jehovah. He wept, and made supplication - He entreated with tears that God would bless him; and he prevailed. The circumstance of his weeping is not mentioned in Genesis. He found him in Beth-el - It was there that God made those glorious promises to Jacob relative to his posterity. See Gen 28:13-15.
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