Genesis 32:24

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Summary

Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Wrestled

Man

1 Corinthians 15:47

Breaking of the day

Exodus 14:27

Song of Songs 2:17

Bible References

Wrestled

Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Man

He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."

the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

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

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

Breaking of the day

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.