And had [a]power over the Angel, and prevailed: he wept and prayed unto him: [b]he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us.

Yea, the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is himself his memorial.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope still in thy God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:4 Read Gen. 32:24-32.
  2. Hosea 12:4 God found Jacob as he lay sleeping in Bethel, Gen. 28:12, and so spake with him there, that the fruit of that speech appertained to the whole body of the people, whereof we are.

He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(A)
    and talked with him there—
the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!(B)
But you must return(C) to your God;
    maintain love and justice,(D)
    and wait for your God always.(E)

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