 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1848 - 692 pages
...the sun of success will shine upon them. This is intimated in Bereshith (Genesis xxxii. 24 — 31). And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day .... and as he passed over Penuel the sun shone upon him." Forced, no doubt, this cabalistic interpretation... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...Esau his brother. And took of the choicest of that substance he had for a present for Esau. XXXII. 24. And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. God the Son appeared to him, and wrestled with him, in the likeness of a man ; exercising both his... | |
 | Ben Abraham - 2004 - 226 pages
...and reminding him of his promises. Jacob sent everybody over the brook. He did not sleep that night. "And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day (Genesis 32:24)." That was no mere wrestling. The prophet Hosea gave an insight into what happened... | |
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - 2004 - 292 pages
...conversation took place after he had been disabled by the touch of his "adversary's" finger upon his thigh: 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow... | |
 | Aaron B. Wildavsky - 2005 - 332 pages
...Moses as he crossed the boundaries of Midian into Egypt.) The story, as usual, is told in few words: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man...hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said,... | |
 | Gene E Bradley - 2005 - 114 pages
...till he became "one" — first, at one with God and at one with himself. From Genesis: .Gen 32:24-26 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man...hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said,... | |
 | Richard J. Lane - 2005 - 228 pages
...passage in the Bible;16 once again, the power of naming is stressed, this time in relation to the mark: 'And when he saw that he prevailed not against him,...hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.'17 As Barthes puts it: 'By marking Jacob (Israel), God (or... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 354 pages
...31:41-42 Jacob, then fearing to meet Esau, prayed mightily to the Lord for protection of his family. 24: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25: And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the... | |
 | James A. Twentier - 2005 - 240 pages
...our life, and a rending of the veil of self (our will, our mind, and our emotions). Gen 32:24-26 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow... | |
 | F. Ivez Sawyer - 2005 - 192 pages
...(Genesis 28: 1 6) The Lord wants to reveal Himself to you in "your place!" In Genesis 32: 24, it reads, "And Jacob was left alone: and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day." Alone, Jacob's name was changed to Israel "...for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,... | |
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And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except... 
