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Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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■M edoK^* 3atoV^ WuMm BY THE CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTIST, ED-WARD VON GEBHARDT, COPYRIGHT BY BER-LIN PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. And there wrestled a man with him until thebreaking of the day.—Gen., S2, 2^. MOST mysterious of all the stories of Jacobis that of his wrestling with the angel; andmany different explanations of it have beenoffered, religious^ symbolical, metaphorical. As toldin the Bible, the tale is simply this. Jacob, return-ing with all his garnered wealth toward Palestine,must have followed much the same route as did hisgrandfather Abraham, before him. From Syria hepassed southward through Damascus and then by oneof the eastern tributaries of the Jordan came downinto its valley. Here he sent all of his people beforeliim across the ford of a little stream called the Jab-bok, while he remained alone all night upon the bankof the stream. During the night an angel, or perhaps the LordHimself, came as a man and wrestled with him.Jacob put forth all his bodily strength, but in the e

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