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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 12:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:3 Jacob struggled with his brother (literally he supplanted his brother): This verb (Hebrew ‘aqab) forms the root of Jacob’s name. Even before he was born, Jacob acted out the meaning of his name by supplanting his brother Esau (Gen 25:26). • As an adult, Jacob even fought with God (see Gen 32:22-30) and was renamed “Israel,” meaning “God fights.”
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