the Angel. Defined in Hosea 12:5.

prevailed. He (the Angel) overcame him (Jacob). See notes on Genesis 32:28. Hence the change of Jacob's name to "Israel". God commands.

he wept: i.e. Jacob. This is the Figure of speech Hysteresis (App-6), by which former histories are supplemented by later Divine inspiration.

He found him: i.e. God found Jacob in Beth-el. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 28:17; Genesis 28:19). Note the implied contrast, Beth-el being now the seat of idolatry.

He spake. Jehovah spake. See next verse.

with us. Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, and Syriac read "with him".

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