Genesis 25:26; Genesis 32:24-28; James 5:16-18; Romans 9:11
He took his brother by the heel in the womb - Whether or no the act of Jacob was beyond the strength, ordinarily given to infants in the womb, th...
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had (d) power with God: (d) Seeing that God in this way preferred Jacob their fa...
Hosea 11:12 to Hosea 12:14 (= Hebrews 12:1-15 ). Ephraim's Infidelity Traced from the Beginning. This is one of the most difficult passages...
He took his brother. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 25:26 ). took... by the heel. Hebrew. 'akab. Hence his name Jacob. his brother . his...
In all this discourse the Prophet condemns the ingratitude of the people; and then he shows how shamefully they had departed from the example o...
DISCOURSE: 1172 JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL Hosea 12:3-4 ; Hosea 12:6 . By his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the an...
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: He took his brother by the heel - See on Genesis 25:26 (not...
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: He - Jacob, contrasted with his degenerate descendant...
A Reproof of Commercial Dishonesty The Hebrew text divides the chapter more correctly at this v. The prophet returns to the subject of the unfaith...
By his strength] RV 'in his manhood.' It refers to Jacob's wrestling with the angel at Penuel ( Genesis 32:24-30 ).
Had power. — Should be, strove. Prayers and tears were the weapons used in the memorable struggle for pardon, reconciliation, peace in the self-c...
THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvati...
Turn to God, not to Selfish Gain Hosea 11:12 ; Hosea 12:1-14 Though Judah still ruled with God, Hosea 11:12 , yet there was grave fault in hi...
In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading...
We have here the most honorable testimony of the Patriarch Jacob, in the record God the Holy Ghost hath been pleased to give of his conduct at Bethel...
He took his brother by the heel in the womb ,.... That is, Jacob took his brother Esau by the heel, as he came forth from his mother's womb; the his...
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Ver. 3. He took his brother by the heel in the womb ] To...
He took his brother by the heel in the womb From the mentioning of Jacob in the foregoing verse, the prophet takes occasion to put his posterity in...
The Crimes of Israel and Judah; Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 723....
He, Jacob, took his brother, Esau, by the heel in the womb: the matter of fact you have Genesis 25:26 ; the design of mentioning it in this pl...
YHWH Makes A Further Appeal To Ephraim And Judah On The Basis Of What Their Ancestor Jacob Did ( Hosea 12:1-7 ). Having first stressed Ephraim's t...
AN APPEAL IS MADE TO JACOB'S EXAMPLE WHICH SIMPLY SERVES TO REVEAL ISRAEL'S PARLOUS STATE AND GUARANTEES THE COMING JUDGMENT OF DESTRUCTION AND THE...
‘In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had power with God, yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed. He wept, and...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 12:3 .] Jacob was their forefather; they should imitate his good, not his bad qualities. They are descendants, but their...
Hosea 12:4 . He found him in Bethel. Christ, the angel, the mystical angel, or the Angel the Word, as St. Clemens of Alexandria calls him: so inde...
And by his strength he had power with God. Wrestling Jacob This story has a strange fascination for most Bible readers, due, in part, to the vi...
EXPOSITION In Hosea 12:1-28 God continues his complaint against Ephraim, charging them specially with the pursuit of vain and futile courses t...
The Lord's Accusation
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, showing subtlety even before he was born. Genesis 25:26 , and by his strength he had power with God,...
He — Jacob. Took his brother — The design of mentioning this is to mind them of that goodness which God shewed them in their father Jacob. His stre...
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: