24 And Jacob was left alone. And (A)a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

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24 (A)“Strive (B)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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(A)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
    and in his manhood he strove with God.
He strove with the angel and prevailed;
    he wept and sought his favor.
(B)He met God[a] at Bethel,
    and there God spoke with us—
the Lord, the God of hosts,
    (C)the Lord is his memorial name:

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  1. Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him

28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives

12 For (A)we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against (B)the rulers, against the authorities, against (C)the cosmic powers over (D)this present darkness, against (E)the spiritual forces of evil (F)in the heavenly places.

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30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[a] saying, “For (A)I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

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  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means the face of God

18 praying (A)at all times (B)in the Spirit, (C)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, (D)keep alert with all perseverance, making (E)supplication for all the saints,

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47 (A)The first man was from the earth, (B)a man of dust; (C)the second man is from heaven.

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44 And (A)being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[a]

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  1. Luke 22:44 Some manuscripts omit verses 43 and 44

Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings[a] I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name (A)Naphtali.[b]

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  1. Genesis 30:8 Hebrew With wrestlings of God
  2. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling

16 (A)the angel who has (B)redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
    and in them let (C)my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
    and let them (D)grow into a multitude[a] in the midst of the earth.”

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  1. Genesis 48:16 Or let them be like fish for multitude

In the days of his flesh, (A)Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with loud cries and tears, to him (C)who was able to save him from death, and (D)he was heard because of his reverence.

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  1. Hebrews 5:7 Greek he

12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always (B)struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand (C)mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

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26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For (A)we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but (B)the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And (C)he who searches hearts knows what is (D)the mind of the Spirit, because[a] the Spirit (E)intercedes for the saints (F)according to the will of God.

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  1. Romans 8:27 Or that

For I want you to know (A)how great a (B)struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face,

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30 I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by (A)the love of the Spirit, (B)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,

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(A)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a shelter from the storm,
(B)like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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27 (A)So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea (B)returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord (C)threw[a] the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

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  1. Exodus 14:27 Hebrew shook off

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