Hosea 12:3 meaning and explanation
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Hosea 12:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Hosea is speaking to the northern kingdom, and here he reaches back to Jacob, the ancestor whose name Israel bore. The verse compresses two stories: Jacob gripping Esau's heel at birth (Genesis 25:26) and his night struggle at the Jabbok, where he wrestled until dawn and would not let go without a blessing (Genesis 32:24-26).
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