Frankly, it's hard to know what to make of this text. Let us today, in keeping with the passage, wrestle with this topic. In this strange story, Jacob himself wrestled with a stranger all night long. Eventually the wrestling partner blessed Jacob. But he also gave him a limp. We don't know the identity of this unnamed stranger. At one point the text says Jacob wrestled with a man. However, that's not Jacob’s understanding at all. Jacob believed his wrestling partner was God.