THEOSISGenesis 32:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.
וַיִּקָּחֵ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת־הַנָּ֑חַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Hos 12:3In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.
- Hos 12:5Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
- Eph 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.
- Gen 32:28But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?
- Luke 13:24Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not be able.
- Gen 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.
- Eph 6:18By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:
- Gen 30:8For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.