He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had [a]power with God,

And had [b]power over the Angel, and prevailed: he wept and prayed unto him: [c]he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us.

Yea, the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is himself his memorial.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope still in thy God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:3 Seeing that God did thus prefer Jacob their father, Judah’s ingratitude was the more to be abhorred.
  2. Hosea 12:4 Read Gen. 32:24-32.
  3. Hosea 12:4 God found Jacob as he lay sleeping in Bethel, Gen. 28:12, and so spake with him there, that the fruit of that speech appertained to the whole body of the people, whereof we are.

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