Genesis 32:24-30
24And Jacob was left alone. And aa man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, b“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28Then he said, c“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
for eyou have striven with God and fwith men, and have prevailed.” 29Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, g“Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, ▼▼ Peniel means the face of God
saying, “For iI have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” Genesis 48:15-16
15And he blessed Joseph and said,“The God jbefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16 kthe angel who has lredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let mmy name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them ngrow into a multitude ▼
▼Or let them be like fish for multitude
in the midst of the earth.”Joshua 5:13-15
The Commander of the Lord’s Army
13When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, pa man was standing before him qwith his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua rfell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, s“Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.Ezekiel 8:2-6
2Then I looked, and behold, ta form that had the appearance of a man. ▼▼By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire
vBelow what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like wgleaming metal. ▼▼Or amber
3He yput out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up zbetween earth and heaven and aabrought me in abvisions of God to Jerusalem, acto the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, adwhere was the seat of the aeimage of jealousy, afwhich provokes to jealousy. 4And behold, agthe glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw ahin the valley. 5Then he said to me, ai“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of ajthe altar gate, in the entrance, was this akimage of jealousy. 6And he said to me, “Son of man, aldo you see what they are doing, amthe great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, anto drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”
Hosea 12:3-5
3 aoIn the womb he took his brother by the heel,and in his manhood he strove with God.
4He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
apHe met God ▼
▼Hebrew him
at Bethel,and there God spoke with us—
5the Lord, the God of hosts,
arthe Lord is his memorial name:
Zechariah 13:7
The Shepherd Struck
7 “Awake, O sword, against asmy shepherd,against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.
at“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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