Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 32:2

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 476, footnote 2 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 5305 (In-Text, Margin)

... put on, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a token, shall be God’s house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.” He did not say, If thou preserve my free choice, and I gain by my toil food and raiment, and return to my father’s house. He refers everything to the will of God, that he may be found worthy to receive that for which he prays. On Jacob’s return from Mesopotamia[Genesis 32:2] an army of angels met him, who are called God’s camp. He afterwards contended with an angel in the form of a man, and was strengthened by God; whereupon, instead of Jacob, the supplanter, he received the name, the most upright of God. ...