who fought with an angel in the bible
Jacob
title: Jacob wrestling with the angel text: Jacob wrestling with the angel Jacob wrestling with the angel is an episode from Genesis (32:22-32; also referenced in Hosea 12:4). The account includes the renaming of Jacob as "Israel" (etymologized as "contends-with-God"). The "angel" in question is referred to as "man" () in Genesis, while Hosea references an "angel" (), but the episode is also often referenced as Jacob's "wrestling with God". In the Genesis narrative, Jacob spent the night alone on a riverside during his journey back to Canaan. He encounters a "man" who proceeds to wrestle with him until daybreak. In the end, Jacob is given the title: Penuel text: Penuel In the Hebrew Bible, Penuel (or "Pniel", "Pnuel"; Hebrew: ) is a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel" "Face of God" by Jacob: Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hos. 12:4) "till the break of day." This episode resulted in God (or the angel) changing Jacob's name to "Israel" (Gen. 32:28) which literally means, "He who struggles with God." A town was afterward built there (Judg. 8:8; 1 Kings 12:25). The men of this place refused to give title: Jacob wrestling with the angel text: prophetic vision, an angel (such as Michael and Samael), a protective river spirit, Jesus, or God. In Hosea 12:4, Jacob's opponent is described as "malakh" "angel": "Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;". The relative age of the text of Genesis and of Hosea is unclear, as both are part of the Hebrew Bible as redacted in the Second Temple Period, and it has been suggested that "malakh" may be a late emendation of the text, and would as such title: Jacob wrestling with the angel text: been compared to the Greek mythology stories of Achilles' duel with the river god Scamander and with Menelaus wrestling with the sea-god Proteus. It is also claimed the wrestling incident, along with other Old Testament stories of the Jewish Patriarchs, is based on Akhenaten-linked Egyptian mythology, where Jacob is Osiris/Wizzer, Esau is Set, and the wrestling match is the struggle between them. According to popular author Rosemary Ellen Guiley, "This dramatic scene has spurred much commentary from Judaic, Catholic, and Protestant theologians, biblical scholars, and literary critics. Does Jacob wrestle with God or with an angel?...There is no definitive answer, title: Penuel text: the NIV, the NIrV and the Schlachter 2000 write "Peniel" or "Pniel". Vayishlach, the Torah reading describing the events at Penuel. Penuel In the Hebrew Bible, Penuel (or "Pniel", "Pnuel"; Hebrew: ) is a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel" "Face of God" by Jacob: Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hos. 12:4) "till the break of day." This episode resulted in God (or the angel) changing Jacob's name to "Israel" (Gen. 32:28) which literally means, "He who struggles