Monday, November 21, 2005

Wrestling

-Jacob (the child of a man who had a relationship with God) found himself wrestling with God. We assume we know why but I don't know if the passage actually tells us why or what he was wrestling with God about. He already had his father's blessing.

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So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.

26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak."
But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

27 The man asked him, "What is your name?"
"Jacob," he answered.

28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."

29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name."
But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared." [Gen. 32:22-30 NIV]

2 comments:

  1. I have a very interesting translation of the Five Books of Moses (oddly enough, the translation's title) that I think lends some great insights concerning this passage. I'll show it to you.

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