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The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won`t let you go, unless you bless me."
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Victory Through Weakness
Commentators like Spurgeon and Barnes highlight a profound paradox: Jacob did not prevail while relying on his own strength. Only after the angel disabled him, forcing him to stop fighting and start clinging in total dependence, did he receive the blessing. This teaches that true spiritual power is found not in self-reliance, but in recognizing our weakness and holding onto God.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And he said, let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Bravely said, O Jacob! And…
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16th Century
Protestant
Let me go. God concedes the praise of victory to His servant and is ready to depart, as if unequal to him in strength—not because a truce …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, let me go, for the day breaketh This was said that he might seem to be a man that was desirous of going abou…
Long before daybreak, Jacob, being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While doing so, One in the form of a man wrestled with …
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