Hosea 12:4

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

³ In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God. ⁴ Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us. ⁵ But LORD God Almighty shall be his memorial.

Face to Face

House of God

Beth-el

Jacob

Genesis 35:15

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

Genesis 28:11-19

And he touched upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Genesis 32:9-12

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, Return to thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,

Genesis 32:29

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Why is it that thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there.

Genesis 35:9-10

And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

Genesis 48:15

And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

Exodus 3:2-5

And the agent of LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. And he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the [heavenly] agent of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. And he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.

Acts 7:30-35

And forty years having been fulfilled, an agent of Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire of a bush.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up simultaneously with them in clouds to the Lord's gathering in the air. And so we will always be with Lord.

Hebrews 5:7

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,

Hebrews 6:13-18

For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself,