In our Torah portion, Va-Yishlach, we have one of the most dramatic and vivid scenes in the Bible – Jacob wrestling with an angel. Except, in our Torah portion, it is never written that Jacob ...

View Scenes from the life of Jacob in the Book of Genesis Jacob wrestling the Angel Jacob removing the stone from the well to water Labans sheep and The Dream of Jacobs Ladder by Cornelis Molenaer and ...

Label of Relief. The Biblical Jacob who wrestled with an angel was trying to learn his name—in the belief that knowing something’s name gives a man power over it.

Cornelis Molenaer and Gillis Mostaert Scenes from the life of Jacob in the Book of Genesis: Jacob wrestling the Angel; Jacob removing the stone from the well to water Laban's sheep; and The Dream of ...

This growing ambiguity mirrors the story of Jacob wrestling with a “man” (ish): during the entire struggle that lasted the whole night, Jacob was unaware that his opponent was an angel.

In our Torah portion, Va-Yishlach, we have one of the most dramatic and vivid scenes in the Bible – Jacob wrestling with an angel. Except, in our Torah portion, it is never written that Jacob ...

View Scenes from the life of Jacob in the Book of Genesis: Jacob wrestling the Angel; Jacob removing the stone from the well to water Laban's sheep; and The Dream of Jacob's Ladder (Circa 1528) By ...