...wholly consisted in pleading and crying for mercy. So we find it represented by the prophet Hosea. " Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed ; he wept, and made, supplication unto him." The sincerity, fervency, and importunity of his prayers, moved God to hear and answer his requests....

...all the period they would do my will, nor shall they succumb to any accident of time." Ver. 4. — Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him. As Jacob's position at birth symbolized the pre-eminence which God's electing love had in store for...

...to Gen. xiv. 8 ; xix. 25. " He [Jacob] took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God : yea, he had power over the...supplication unto him : he found him in Bethel and there he spoke with us" (xii. 3, 4). The reference is to Gen. xxv. 26 ; xxxii. 24-30 ; xxviii. 1 1-20. The second...

...to Gen. xiv. 8 ; xix. 25. " He [Jacob] took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God : yea, he had power over the...supplication unto him : he found him in Bethel and there he spoke with us" (xii. 3,4). The reference is to Gen. xxv. 26; xxxii. 24-30; xxviii. 11-20. The second...

...his life's story. Jacob's Power over the Angel. HOSEA xii. 3, 4 (Rev. Ver.) : ' And in his manhood he had power with God ; yea, he had power over the...prevailed : he wept, and made supplication unto him." Question.— Will this prophetic reference help to explain the most mysterious incidents in Jacob's...

...characteristic stress on the key-word of the itory: "He had power over the angel and prevailed; lie wept and made supplication unto Him; He found him in Bethel, and there He tpate with us, even Jehovah God of hosts " (Hos. xii. 4, 5). Early as is the date involved in these...

...and he halted upon his thigh." All this is full of instruction to us, for we read in Hos. xii. 4, " Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed :...found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us." III. ARE THERE OTHER SUCH PLACES ? 1. Before the earth was created the Lord blessed his chosen people...

...God's tempting to death, quite out of breath, as that renowned wrestler did : " And by his strength he had power with God ; yea, he had power over the angel and prevailed " (Hosea xii. 3, 4). He is a strong man indeed who overmateheth heaven's Strength, and the Holy One...

...chariot, who rides on the storm, is overcome by the faith of the wrestler of Peniel. ' By his strength he had power with God : yea, he had power over the...made supplication unto Him : he found Him in Bethel ' (Hosea xii. 3, 4). His tears opened the heart of God, and his faith gave him access to all the treasures...

...Pentateuchal event is found in 12: 3, 4: "He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the...wept and made supplication unto him; he found him iii Bethel and there he spake with us." This is based upon three Pentateuchal passages: Gen. 25: 25;...