With strenuous effort and many tears, he now exerts himself further by grappling all night with an angel so that “he might implore favor for himself. ” ​ — Hosea 12: 4; Genesis 32: 1 - 32.
Suurte jõupingutuste ja silmaveega üritab ta rohkematki ning heitleb kogu öö ingliga, et „anuda endale soosingut ”.