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Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—
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Verse 4. Wept. Septuagint “they wept, and besought me.” Other interpreters agree with the Vulg.—Us. By changing a vowel point, in Hebrew, it might be, “He spoke to him.” Cap. Grot.—The most magnificent promises were made, at Bethel, regarding the Israelites: this made the profanation of the place more horrible. Calmet.—Septuagint “They found me in the house of On, and there the word was addressed to them.”—Bethaven was the name of Bethel, among the pious Jews, in the days of Osee. Bible.
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