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Wrestling with God... and Winning?! | Genesis 32


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In this chapter, Jacob prepares to meet his brother Esau who has good reason to want to smash his tricky face in. He makes a tactical plan which involves a lot of bribing to pacify his old victim. Then there's a weird wrestling match with a "man" which turns out to be God in a fun sort of reveal. It's not gay at all, it's just confusing because God is weaker than a human, allows him to see him and also magically hurts his hip. All this is in the service of giving Jacob and new name and announcing the real hero of the story... Israel!

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