...which is called in Genesis his wrestling with a man and prevailing. So says Hosea, xii. 2 — 5. " By his strength he had power with God, yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us, even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial."...

...prophet Hosea gives this comment upon the circumstance : " By his strength Jacob had power with Got) : yea he had power over the angel, and prevailed : he wept, and made supplication unto aim." Hosea xii. 3, 4. On the same day he met his brother, to whom he paid the respect which, in those...

...have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved — Read in connexion mith this, HOSEA xii. 4, 5. Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he...found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us ; even the Lord God of hosts. GEN. xxxv. 1. And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there...

...have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved—Read in connexion with this, HOSEA xii. 4, 5. Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he...found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; even the Lord God of hosts. i GEN. xxxv. 1. And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there;...

...God face to face, and my life is preserved. — Read in connexion with this, HOSEA xii. 4, 5. Tea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept...found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; even the Lord God of hosts. GEN. xxxv. J. And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there;...

...which, therefore, some religious mystery is contained. Of this we have an instance in chap. xii, 3-6 : " By his strength he had power with God ; yea, he had...prevailed ; he wept, and made supplication unto Him. Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually." Here, indeed,...

...the confirmation of this notion, to the prophet Hosea, who, speaking of Jacob in this affair, says, " By his strength he had power with God : yea, he had...prevailed : he wept and made supplication unto him."* The angel gave him the advantage in the struggle, so far as to show that if men persevere against the...

...afterwards mentioned. The word Israel means one who contends with God, or a prince with God. Hos. 12: 3, " He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God." As it was given to Jacob as an expression of God's peculiar favour, Gen. 32: 28, its application to...

...allusion to the patriarch Jacob's vision at Bethel, viewed in connection with these circumstances. " Yea he had power over the Angel, and prevailed : he wept and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us." Thus, in those very fields in which Jacob,...

...to face, and my life is preserved." Hosea manifestly alludes to this, ch. xii. 3, of his prophecy. " He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his stcength he had power with God : Yea, he had power over the angel and prevailed : He wept, and made...