Commentary for Hosea 12:4

בַּבֶּ֖טֶן עָקַ֣ב אֶת־אָחִ֑יו וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ה אֶת־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he strove with a godlike being;

In the womb, he seized his brother’s heel All this I did for him, he held him by the heel, as a sign that he would be a master over him.

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