Hosea 12:4

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

³ In the womb, took he his brother by the heel; and, in his manly vigour, strove he with God: ⁴ Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him, - At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us; ⁵ And, Yahweh, is God of host, - Yahweh, is his memorial.

Face to Face

House of God

Beth-el

Jacob

Genesis 35:15

And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Beth-el.

Genesis 28:11-19

And he lighted on a place, and tarried the night there, because the sun had gone in, - and he took of the stones of the place, and put for his pillow, and lay down in that place,

Genesis 32:9-12

And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, - Yahweh, who wast saying unto me, - Return to thy land and to thy kindred that I may deal well with thee:

Genesis 32:29

Then asked Jacob and said, Do, I pray thee, tell me thy name! And he said - Wherefore now, shouldest thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there,

Genesis 35:9-10

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram, - and blessed him.

Genesis 48:15

Thus blessed he Joseph, and said, - God himself - before whom walked my fathers. Abraham and Isaac, God himself - who hath been my shepherd, since I came into being until this day; -

Exodus 3:2-5

Then appeared the messenger of Yahweh unto him, in a flame of fire from the midst of the thorn-bush, - so he looked and lo! the thorn-bush burning with fire and yet the thorn-bush, was not consumed.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice in him:

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction, he, was afflicted And the messenger of his presence saved them, In his love and in his pity, he, redeemed them, - And then lifted them up and carried them all the days of the age-past time.

Malachi 3:1

Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me, - and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts.

Acts 7:30-35

And, when forty years were fulfilled, there appeared unto him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, a messenger, in a flame of fire, in a bush.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: - and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!

Hebrews 5:7

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up, both supplications and entreaties unto him that was able to save him out of death, with mighty outcries and tears, and been hearkened to by reason of his devoutness,

Hebrews 6:13-18

For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, -