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So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.” The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.” Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had.

The same night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Genesis 32:22-31, Jacob wrestles the angel Then the whole town came out to meet Jesus and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. The swineherds ran off, and on going into the town, they told the whole story about what had happened to the demoniacs. The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.” And he said to them, “Go!” So they came out and entered the swine and suddenly, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water. Suddenly they shouted, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” Now a large herd of swine was feeding at some distance from them. They were so fierce that no one could pass that way. When Jesus came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him. Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Go your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart get up, he is calling you.” So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Mark 10:46 - 52, The Healing of Blind BartimaeusĪs Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.

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