...thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he said Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more...

...of a mere man that strove with him. XXXII. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day brcaketh: And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he, as yet concealing himself from Jacob, said, after the manner otmen,as if the violence of Jacob...

...corroborate our text. Genesis xxxii. 26 — 28, " And he said, let me go, for the day breaketh : And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he said Jacob. And he said, thy name shall be called no more...

...ourselves with simply asking for good, and preservation from evil. Jacob, whea wrestling with God, said, " I will not let thee go, except thou bless me; and He blessed him there." Our blessed Saviour himself derives the lesson from two of his parables ; in...

...may still long be spared ; and I consider it as a proof that this work is of God that he gave jthem at that time such a spirit of grace and supplication,...when they wrestled all night like Jacob, and said, Ч will not let thee go except thou bless me ;' and thus they went on in their work. And when, in our...

...thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. And he said, thy name shall- be called no...

...life has been so long spared, and God grant that it may still long be spared ; and I consider it as a proof that this work is of God, that he gave them...when they wrestled all night like Jacob, and said, ' 1 will not let thee go except thou bless me ;' and thus they went on in their work. And when, in...

...life has been so long spared, and God grant that it may still long be spared ; and I consider it as a proof that this work is of God, that he gave them at that time such a spirit of grace ami supplication, when they wrestled all night like Jacob, and said, ' 1 will not let thee go except...

...worshipped. When he wrestled with Jacob, he says to him, " Let 'me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. — 'And he blessed him there." Jacob prayed with an earnestness, a determination, which would not be denied....

...Jacob wrestled with an angel, he prayed to that angel to bless him, and prayed so earnestly, that he said " I will not let thee go, except thou bless me ;" and the angel did bless him, and then said, " If thou bast been strong against God, how much more shall...