...himself vanquished.™' Such appears to have been the manner in which Jacob wrestled with the angel: " And Jacob was left alone : and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day."" The verb which we render to wrestle, is derived from the noun (piK) abak, dust or fine sand, and means...

...meetingplaces and intercourse where none saw, particularly that remarkable time, Gen. xxxii. 24, " Jacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day." It is likely Jacob had sent his household away on purpose, that he might wrestle with God alone. I...

...them to the care of his servants, intending himself to pass over behind them. After they were gone, " Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled a Man with him until the breaking of the day." 2. The Person who thus wrestled with Jacob. — He is here termed " a man," but in the context, and...

...left alone, surrounded by darkness and danger, and with no other help than solitary supplication. " And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day." Jacob struggled for a blessing, and the mighty stranger came on purpose to bless him, yet he seemed...

...brother Esau, having sent his wives and all he possessed over the ford Jabbok, we find, verse 24, " And Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day." And verse 29 ; " And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, wherefore...

...ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and §sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 «I And Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the || breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, AC1T38. he touched the hollow of his thigh; and...

...there that same night, and took of that which came to bis hand a present for Esau Ms brother; d 24 Ч 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow...

...our Saviour, must be a man ? He did appear, as a man. In the same manner did he apppear to Jacob. " There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day." Though Jacob said that lie had seen God, and though the angel implies the same, — "As a prince hast...

...crisis is nearer at hand ; and Jacob rose up that night (verse 22), and, being left alone (verse 24), there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. How significant is the expression, and how clearly does it manifest the power of the blessed Spirit...

...: Haste thee, escape thither ; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither, do. xxxii. 25 : When he saw that he prevailed not against him, he...Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. MAT. xiii. 58: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. MARK, ix. 23 : Jesus...