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Hosea 12:3

WEB

3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.

KJV

3¶ He took his brother[+] by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

BSB

3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

FBV

3Even in the womb he fought with his brother;[+] when he became a man he fought with God.

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Extra References

Genesis 25:26

26After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.


Romans 9:11

11For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,


James 5:16-18

16Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. 17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.


Genesis 32:24-28

24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day. 25When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled. 26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

27He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.

28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”