11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

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• God Wrestles Jacob at Peniel

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
• 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
• 2Cor 12:8 — For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
• Exod 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
• Gen 32:29 — And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
• Hos 12:4 — Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
• Isa 45:11 — Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
• Isa 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
• John 4:40 — So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
• Luke 11:8 — I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
• Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Luke 18:39 — And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
• Luke 24:28 — And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
• Luke 24:28 — And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
• Matt 15:25 — Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
• Num 6:27 — And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
• Prov 4:13 — Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
• Ps 63:8 — My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
• Ps 67:1 — God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
• Ps 115:12 — The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
• Ps 115:15 — Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
• Ps 123:2 — Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us
• Rom 8:37 — Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
• Song 3:4 — It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that
• Song 6:5 — Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.