“Until You Bless Me”

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The wrestling between Jacob and the man (generally interpreted as angel) described in Genesis 32 had gone on for hours, had continued even after the dislocation of Jacob’s hip. Still, Jacob refused to stop struggling without a blessing. The reading goes on to say Jacob, to be known henceforth as Israel, named the place Peniel, “Because I have see...