OLD TESTAMENT

Hosea 12:3

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In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.

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Verse 3. Brother Esau, thus foreshewing what would happen. Genesis 25.—Angel. Septuagint “God,” whose place this angel held. Elohim implies both. verse 4. Genesis 32:24.

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