query: where does jacob wrestle with an angel in the bible

pos: Jacob wrestling with the angel Jacob wrestling with the angel Jacob wrestling with the angel is an episode from Genesis (32:22-32; also referenced in Hosea 12:4). The account includes the renaming of Jacob as "Israel" (etymologized as "contends-with-God"). The "angel" in question is referred to as "man" () in Genesis, while Hosea references an "angel" (), but the episode is also often referenced as Jacob's "wrestling with God". In the Genesis narrative, Jacob spent the night alone on a riverside during his journey back to Canaan. He encounters a "man" who proceeds to wrestle with him until daybreak. In the end, Jacob is given the

pos: Jacob wrestling with the angel prophetic vision, an angel (such as Michael and Samael), a protective river spirit, Jesus, or God. In Hosea 12:4, Jacob's opponent is described as "malakh" "angel": "Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;". The relative age of the text of Genesis and of Hosea is unclear, as both are part of the Hebrew Bible as redacted in the Second Temple Period, and it has been suggested that "malakh" may be a late emendation of the text, and would as such

pos: Succoth spelled סכת). •A place in Transjordan based on Joshua 13:27 and once inhabited by the Israelite tribe of Gad. Succoth Succoth may mean: There are three places called Succoth in the Hebrew Bible: •The place where Jacob settled after his bout with the Angel of YHWH: "And Jacob journeyed to Succoth (סכת), and built for himself a house, and made booths (סכת) for his livestock. Therefore the place is named Succoth (סכות)" (Genesis 33:17). Some have noted that this may indicate the point in time when people began to build stables for their cattle, but the meaning of the name

pos: Succoth Succoth Succoth may mean: There are three places called Succoth in the Hebrew Bible: •The place where Jacob settled after his bout with the Angel of YHWH: "And Jacob journeyed to Succoth (סכת), and built for himself a house, and made booths (סכת) for his livestock. Therefore the place is named Succoth (סכות)" (Genesis 33:17). Some have noted that this may indicate the point in time when people began to build stables for their cattle, but the meaning of the name of Jacob's mother Rebekah may already hint at that. •Israel's first camp out of Egypt (Exodus 12:37 and 13:20,

pos: Laban (Bible) Laban (Bible) Laban () is a figure in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. He was the brother of Rebekah, who married Isaac and bore Jacob. Laban welcomed his nephew as a young man, and set him the stipulation of seven years' labour before he permitted him to marry his daughter Rachel. Laban tricked Jacob into marrying his elder daughter Leah instead. Jacob then took both women as wives. Laban and his family were described as dwelling in Paddan Aram, in Mesopotamia. Though the biblical text itself does not attest to this, Rabbinic sources also identify him as

pos: Knesset Menorah cuddling the winged angel. This event in Jacobs life symbolizes his being a fighter, daring to stand up to the angel of the Lord and winning. On this occasion, Jacob received the name 'Israel', symbolizing courage and standing up to strong forces. Opposite of Jacob is the relief of Abraham, who unlike Jacob, who submissions to God completely, when he is commanded to leave his house (Genesis 12:1), to fight kings (Genesis 14), and most strongly with the sacrifice of Isaac, where he obeyed God's command to sacrifice his only son. Abraham is depicted in the Menorah as an old

pos: Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Delacroix) Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Delacroix) Jacob wrestling with the Angel is a mural painted by Eugène Delacroix. Painted toward the end of his life, from 1854–1861, it depicts a puzzling episode from The Bible's Book of Genesis, XXXII, 22-32 - Jacob wrestling with the angel. The painting decorates the wall of the Chapel of the Holy Angels in the Paris church of Saint-Sulpice. Another mural by Delacroix, "Heliodorus Driven from the Temple", drawn from the Book of the Maccabees, a scene of someone taking a beating in the Jerusalem Temple, is also there. In an invitation sent out by

pos: The Bible and violence God restrains him, promising him numberless descendants. Isaac's son Jacob conspires to gain his elder brother Esau's birthright, but the brothers ultimately reconcile (Genesis 25-33). In Genesis 32:22-32, Jacob meets and wrestles with someone, a man, angel or God, who blesses him and gives him the name Israel. Joseph (Genesis 37-50), Jacob's favorite son, is sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers. Joseph prospers after hardship, with God's guidance, and saves his family from starvation. A new pharaoh (Exodus 1) sees that the Israelites in Egypt have become many and fears they might aid Egypt's enemies. The Egyptians

pos: Jacob wrestling with the angel represent an early Jewish interpretation of the episode. Maimonides believed that the incident was "a vision of prophecy", while Rashi believed Jacob wrestled with the guardian angel of Esau (identified as Samael), his elder twin brother. Zvi Kolitz (1993) referred to Jacob "wrestling with God". As a result of the hip injury Jacob suffered while wrestling, Jews are prohibited from eating the meat tendon attached to the hip socket (sciatic tendon), as mentioned in the account at Genesis 32:32. The interpretation that "Jacob wrestled with God" (glossed in the name "Isra-'el") is common in Protestant theology, endorsed by both Martin

pos: Esau Laban agrees, if Jacob will give him seven years of service. Jacob does so, but after the wedding finds that beneath the veil is not Rachel but Leah, Laban's elder daughter. He agrees to work another seven years and Jacob and Rachel are finally wed. However, despite Laban, Jacob eventually becomes so rich as to incite the envy of Laban and Laban's sons. Genesis Chapter 27 verse 16 of the King James Version Bible: "And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck:" Verse 19: "And Jacob said

pos: Prayer of Joseph J. Z. Smith and others is that Origen was right to consider it Jewish. The text of Fragment B is only one line, where Jacob says: The context could be an elaboration of Jacob's blessing of his sons (in particular Joseph) found in chapter 48 and 49 of Genesis (compare ). This could explain the reference to Joseph in the title of this writing even if the main character is Jacob. The text of Fragment A is: Fragment A is based on the Biblical struggle of Jacob with an angel in () and takes a stand on the main issues

pos: Zarqa River where one crosses over the Jordan and can easily reach Shechem, as Jacob eventually did. The biblical cities of Zaretan and Adam are also at the mouth of the valley. The river is first mentioned in the Book of Genesis in connection with the meeting of Jacob and Esau, and with the struggle of Jacob with the angel. It was the boundary separating the territory of Reuben and Gad from that of Ammon, the latter being described as lying along the Jabbok. The territory of Sihon is described as extending "from Arnon unto Jabbok" (), and it was reclaimed later

pos: Naming in the United States Bible, but other religions are represented, such as in the popular name Mohammed. Names like Jacob, Noah, Elijah, John, Elizabeth, Leah, and Jesus consistently rank very high. Some parents choose names for their religious significance, but there are also many parents who choose names based in religion because they are family names or simply because they are culturally popular. Other popular names are inspired by religion in other ways such as Nevaeh, which is Heaven spelled backwards. Christian, Faith, Angel, Trinity, Genesis, Jordan, Zion, and Eden are names which reference religion. Research suggests that American parents are more likely to

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel been compared to the Greek mythology stories of Achilles' duel with the river god Scamander and with Menelaus wrestling with the sea-god Proteus. It is also claimed the wrestling incident, along with other Old Testament stories of the Jewish Patriarchs, is based on Akhenaten-linked Egyptian mythology, where Jacob is Osiris/Wizzer, Esau is Set, and the wrestling match is the struggle between them. According to popular author Rosemary Ellen Guiley, "This dramatic scene has spurred much commentary from Judaic, Catholic, and Protestant theologians, biblical scholars, and literary critics. Does Jacob wrestle with God or with an angel?...There is no definitive answer,

neg: Israelites Hebrew term "b'nei yisrael", יִשְׂרָאֵל as either "sons of Israel" or "children of Israel". The name "Israel" first appears in the Hebrew Bible in . It refers to the renaming of Jacob, who, according to the Bible, wrestled with an angel, who gave him a blessing and renamed him "Israel" because he had "striven with God and with men, and have prevailed". The Hebrew Bible etymologizes the name as from "yisra" "to prevail over" or "to struggle/wrestle with", and "el", "God, the divine". The name "Israel" first appears in non-biblical sources c. 1209 BCE, in an inscription of the Egyptian

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel man." According to one Christian commentary of the Bible incident described, "Jacob said, 'I saw God face to face'. Jacob's remark does not necessarily mean that the 'man' with whom he wrestled is God. Rather, as with other, similar statements, when one saw the 'angel of the Lord,' it was appropriate to claim to have seen the face of God." This story is not mentioned in the Quran, but is discussed in Muslim commentaries. The commentaries employ the story in explaining other events in the Hebrew Bible that are discussed in the Quran that have parallels, like Moses being attacked

neg: And the Ass Saw the Angel of fanatically religious Ukulites, where they are shunned. Euchrid's mental breakdown includes horrific angelic visions, and the story builds towards Euchrid exacting terrible vengeance on the people who have made him suffer. The lyrics of some of the songs from the first few albums of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ("From Her to Eternity", "The Firstborn Is Dead" and "Your Funeral... My Trial"), are extensions of the ideas represented in the novel. The title comes from the Bible, the Book of Numbers 22:23, where Balaam does not see the angel of the Lord but his donkey does. The Bible

neg: Vision After the Sermon Vision After the Sermon Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) is an oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, completed in 1888. It is now in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. It depicts a scene from the Bible in which Jacob wrestles an angel. It depicts this indirectly, through a vision that the women depicted see after a sermon in church. It was painted in Pont-Aven, Brittany, France. Gauguin started off landscape painting in the summer "en plein" air but following the creation of "Vision After the Sermon" he focused increasingly on interpreting religious subject matter

neg: Jacob in Islam company of the good and elect. As the Quran says: Ali ibn Abi Talib, when asked about the prophets that were bestowed special names, narrates in Hadith that Ya'qub ibn Ishaq was known by his people as Isra'il. Instances in the Bible involving Jacob wrestling with an angel are not mentioned in the Quran, but are discussed in Muslim commentaries, as is the vision of Jacob's Ladder. Jacob tricking Isaac into blessing him by impersonating his twin, Esau is also not in the Quran, but is in Muslim commentaries. Muslims, who do believe Jacob was a great patriarch, stress the

neg: Vayishlach Jacob's actions were directed to God. Reading “Yea, he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him,” the Gemara commented that this verse did not make clear who prevailed over whom. But “For you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed,” made clear that Jacob mastered the angel. “He wept and made supplication to him,” does not make clear who wept to whom. But the angel's words in “And he said: ‘Let me go,’” made clear that the angel wept to Jacob. Reading “For you have striven with God and with men,”

neg: Penuel Penuel In the Hebrew Bible, Penuel (or "Pniel", "Pnuel"; Hebrew: ) is a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel" "Face of God" by Jacob: Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hos. 12:4) "till the break of day." This episode resulted in God (or the angel) changing Jacob's name to "Israel" (Gen. 32:28) which literally means, "He who struggles with God." A town was afterward built there (Judg. 8:8; 1 Kings 12:25). The men of this place refused to give

neg: Penuel the NIV, the NIrV and the Schlachter 2000 write "Peniel" or "Pniel". Vayishlach, the Torah reading describing the events at Penuel. Penuel In the Hebrew Bible, Penuel (or "Pniel", "Pnuel"; Hebrew: ) is a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel" "Face of God" by Jacob: Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hos. 12:4) "till the break of day." This episode resulted in God (or the angel) changing Jacob's name to "Israel" (Gen. 32:28) which literally means, "He who struggles

neg: Azrael the prophets, the most famous being a conversation between the Angel of Death and Moses. In an Islamic narration, the prophet Idris befriended the angel Azrael. Idris offered him food, whereupon Azrael revealed to Idris his non-human essence because as an angel, he does not eat. Later the archangel showed him the heavens. Azrael Azrael (; ) is an angel in the Abrahamic religions. He is often identified with the Angel of Destruction and Renewal of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew name translates to "Angel of God", "Help from God", or "One Whom God Helps". "Azrael" is the spelling of

neg: Rhema (doctrine) for everyone"; there are also "personal prophecies which were given to individuals or groups, and are not universally valid" - these are "the rhema of personal prophecy in the Bible" they are instances of messages to "specific instructions [that] are not for everyone". Examples he cites are YHWH's instructions for Noah to build an Ark, for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, for Hosea to marry a harlot, for Isaiah to walk around naked for three years, and Jacob receiving prophetic words about the descendants of his sons. Watchman Nee uses additional examples such as the Annunciation where Mary tells the angel

neg: Hayyim Angel The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 197–210. “Classical Commentators in the Contemporary Classroom: Rabbi Yaakov Blau on Topical Studies in Tanakh and Commentaries,” in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 76–88. “Morality and Literary Study: What does the Torah Teach about Jacob’s Deception of Isaac?” in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 143–156. “Dual Causality and

neg: Yakub (Nation of Islam) the Old Testament. In speeches by Malcolm X, Yakub is identified completely with Jacob. Referring to the story of Jacob wrestling with the angel, Malcolm X states that Elijah Muhammad told him that "Jacob was Yacub, and the angel that Jacob wrestled with wasn't God, it was the government of the day". This was because Yakub was seeking funds for his expedition to Patmos, "so when it says Jacob wrestled with an angel, 'angel' is only used as a symbol to hide the one he was really wrestling with". However, Malcolm X also states that John of Patmos was also

neg: Vayishlach (for the man assaulted Jacob only during the night, and departed with the break of day). A Midrash taught that an angel attacked Jacob in because Jacob had failed to fulfill his vow to God. The Rabbis taught that Providence examines one's record of deeds on three occasions: (1) if one goes on a journey alone, (2) if one sits in an unstable house, and (3) if one vows and does not fulfill one's vow. The Midrash taught that we know about the problem of vowing and not paying from “When you vow a vow to the Lord your God,

neg: Vayishlach in “No longer . . . Jacob,” to mean that it shall no longer be said that Isaac's blessings came to Jacob through trickery (, "akevah") and deceit, but with nobility and openness, and ultimately, God would reveal God's Self to Jacob at Bethel and change Jacob's name, and there God would bless Jacob, and the angel would be there, too. The angel then acknowledged Isaac's blessings as being Jacob's. Rashi taught that this is the meaning of “He strove with an angel and prevailed over him; he wept and supplicated him,” meaning that the angel wept and supplicated Jacob.

neg: Jeshurun Jeshurun Jeshurun ( "Yəšurūn"; also "Jesurun" or "Yeshurun") is a poetic name for Israel used in the Hebrew Bible. It is generally thought to be derived from a root word meaning upright, just or straight, but may have been derived from שׁור, shur, to see, or may be a diminutive form of the word "Israel" (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Yiśrāʾēl"). "Jeshurun" appears four times in the Hebrew Bible: three times in Deuteronomy and once in Isaiah. It can refer to the people of Israel ( 33:26), the Land of Israel (), or the Patriarch Jacob (whom an angel renamed Israel in ): The

neg: Vayishlach to inflict such damage on his hip joint. The angel told Jacob that it was not the angel’s name that mattered, since the ability to inflict damage was not rooted in the identity of the angel, but rather, the mission of the angel was the important thing. Rashi explained "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob ()," to intimate a change from an expression of a man who comes with stealth and guile (, "akvah") to Israel (), a term denoting a prince (, "sar") and a chief. Maimonides taught that the encounter where reports, "God said to him:

neg: Hayyim Angel Federation (1997) Hadassah Shatil Group, New York (1997) 2018 “Amos: The Social Justice Prophet,” Conversations 31 (Spring 2018), pp. 19–26. “Joel: Proto-rabbinic Communal Leader, Prophetic Visionary,” in Enable and Ennoble: Essays in Honor of Richard M. Joel, ed. Jacob J. Schacter and Zev Eleff (Jerusalem: Maggid Press, 2018), pp. 267-278. 2017 “Controversies over the Historicity of Biblical Passages in Traditional Commentary,” in Angel, Increasing Peace Through Balanced Torah Study. Conversations 27 (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2017), pp. 10–21; reprinted in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel "Angels in America" (1990); the version depicted on-screen was the 1865 version by Alexander Louis Leloir. Gustave Dore's image is reenacted in Jean-Luc Godard's "Passion" by a film extra dressed as an angel and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz. Also Maud Hart Lovelace's "Betsy's Wedding" (1955), Stephen King's novel "It" (1986), Sheila Heti's novel "How Should A Person Be?" (2012) and David Fennario's play "Balconville" (1979). A short story in Daniel Mallory Ortberg's collection "The Merry Spinster" (2018) explores a version of the narrative as told from the perspective of the angel. Jacob wrestling with the angel Jacob wrestling with the angel is

neg: Destroying angel (Bible) Destroying angel (Bible) The destroying angel or angel of death in the Hebrew Bible is an entity sent out by Yahweh on several occasions to kill enemies of the Israelites. In 2 Samuel 24:15, he kills the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In I Chronicles 21:15, the same "angel of the Lord" is seen by David to stand "between the earth and the heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out against Jerusalem." Later, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 men of Sennacherib's Assyrian army, thereby saving Hezekiah's Jerusalem. The angel (malak) is referred to under various terms,

neg: Vayishlach Rashi taught that the angel supplicated Jacob by telling him, as says: “In Bethel he will find Him, and there He will speak with us.” The angel asked Jacob to wait for him until God would speak with them there. Jacob, however, did not agree to release the angel, and, against the angel's will, the angel acknowledged the blessings as being Jacob's. Rashi read “And he blessed him there,” to indicate that the angel entreated Jacob to wait, but Jacob did not wish to do so. Reading “And he said: ‘Why is it that you ask after my name?’” Nachmanides

neg: Satan human emotion and the epitome of freedom from all forms of reason and orthodoxy. Based on the Biblical passages portraying Satan as the accuser of sin, Blake interpreted Satan as "a promulgator of moral laws." Satan's appearance is never described in the Bible or any early Christian writings, though Paul the Apostle does write that "Satan disguises himself as an angel of light" (). The Devil was never shown in early Christian artwork and first appears in medieval art of the ninth century, where he is shown with cloven hooves, hairy legs, the tail of a goat, pointed ears, a

neg: Hayyim Angel Walk Together: Rabbi Amnon Bazak on the Challenges of Academic Bible Study in Traditional Learning,” Tradition 47:3 (Fall 2014), pp 78–88; reprinted in Conversations 28 (Spring 2017), pp. 102–113; Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 58–75. 2013 “The Tower of Babel: A Case Study in Combining Traditional and Academic Bible Methodologies,” in Where the Yeshiva Meets the University: Traditional and Academic Approaches to Tanakh Study, ed. Hayyim Angel, Conversations 15 (Winter 2013), pp. 135–143; reprinted in Angel, Peshat Isn’t So Simple: Essays on Developing a

neg: Salomon Jacob Cohen Salomon Jacob Cohen Salomon Jacob Cohen (23 December 1771, Kreis Meseritz - 20 February 1845, Hamburg; שלום הכהן; also known as, Shalom ben Jacob Cohen, Shalom Jacob Cohen, SJ Cohn, Salomon Hakohen, Shalom HaKohen and other name variants) was a German Jewish Hebrew scholar, teacher, writer and translator of the Bible, and an important representative of the Haskalah in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. Cohen went to Berlin as a teenager, where he studied with Naphtali Hirz Wessely and developed an appreciation of Hebrew poetry. He was soon regarded as an outstanding stylist of Hebrew. From 1800 to 1808, he taught

neg: Torment (novel) in the Thanksgiving party where fallen angels, Luce's Family, bestfriend and Nephilim friends will be at. According to the Bible, a fallen angel is an angel who, coveting a higher power, ends up delivering "the darkness and sin." The term "fallen angel" indicates that it is an angel who fell from heaven. The most famous is fallen angel Lucifer himself. The fallen angels are quite common in stories of conflict between good and evil. Nephilim are the sons of fallen angels with mortals. According to "Torment", a few Nephilim have wings and may possess minor supernatural talents (clones, mind reading,

neg: Salomon Jacob Cohen Jeremiah into German; and from 1824 to 1827, he completed a German edition of the Old Testament in Hamburg. Salomon Jacob Cohen Salomon Jacob Cohen (23 December 1771, Kreis Meseritz - 20 February 1845, Hamburg; שלום הכהן; also known as, Shalom ben Jacob Cohen, Shalom Jacob Cohen, SJ Cohn, Salomon Hakohen, Shalom HaKohen and other name variants) was a German Jewish Hebrew scholar, teacher, writer and translator of the Bible, and an important representative of the Haskalah in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. Cohen went to Berlin as a teenager, where he studied with Naphtali Hirz Wessely and developed an appreciation

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel etymology "one who walks crookedly" for the name Jacob. The Hebrew text states that it is a "man" (אִישׁ, LXX ἄνθρωπος, Vulgate "vir") with whom Jacob wrestles, but later this "man" is identified with God (Elohim) by Jacob. Hosea 12:4 furthermore references an "angel" (malak). Following this, the Targum of Onkelos offers "because I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face", and the Targum of Palestine gives "because I have seen the Angels of the Lord face to face". The identity of Jacob's wrestling opponent is a matter of debate, named variously as a dream figure, a

neg: Vayishlach not pay his vow, as reports, “Rachel died and was buried.” Then God asked how long Jacob would take punishment and not pay attention to the sin for which he suffered. So God told Jacob to go to Bethel, make an altar there, at the very place where Jacob vowed to God. Similarly, the Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer taught that Jacob wished to ford the Jabbok and was detained there by an angel, who asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." So Jacob

neg: Shlach meal with his kinsmen. And after Jacob learned that Joseph was still alive in Egypt, reports that Jacob journeyed to Beersheba and offered sacrifices (, "zevachim") to the God of his father Isaac. And Moses and Aaron argued repeatedly with Pharaoh over their request to go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice (, "venizbechah") to God. The Hebrew Bible also includes several ambiguous reports in which Abraham or Isaac built or returned to an altar and "called upon the name of the Lord." In these cases, the text implies but does not explicitly state that the Patriarch offered

neg: Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Delacroix) Delacroix in July 1861 to inspect the Chapel of the Holy Angels in the church of Saint-Sulpice he wrote : "Jacob is travelling with the flocks and other gifts he is taking to his brother Esau in the hope of appeasing his anger. A stranger appears, blocking his path, and engages him in a fierce struggle - The holy books see this struggle as a symbol of the trials God sometimes sends His chosen ones. " Delacroix does not indicate in what holy books he found such an interpretation. Maurice Barres wrote that it was 'a final page of autobiography,

neg: Vayishlach and other gifts reported in yet Jacob did not fulfill his vow. So God brought the angel against him, and the angel wrestled with Jacob but did not kill him, as reports, “Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.” The Midrash taught that it was Samael, Esau's guardian angel, who wanted to kill him, as reports, “He saw that he could not prevail against him.” But Jacob left disabled. And when Jacob still did not pay his vow, the trouble with Dinah came upon him, as reported in When Jacob still did

neg: Destroying angel (Bible) including Mashḥit, meaning "destroyer" (pron. "mash-heet(h)" or "-kheet(h)") ("Mashchit(h)", מַשְׁחִית and "Ha-Mashchit(h)"/"Ha-Mashḥit", הַמַשְׁחִית), "destroying angel" (מַלְאָך הַמַשְׁחִית, "malak ha-mashḥit" or in the plural מַשְׁחִיתִים, "mashchitim"/"mashchithim"/"mashḥitim"—"spoilers, ravagers"), Angel of the Lord, (מְמִיתִים, "memitim"—"executioners", "slayers") is found in Job 33:22 and in Proverbs 16:14 in the plural, "Messengers of death". "Mashchith" was also used as an alternate name for one of the seven compartments of Gehenna. Destroying angel (Bible) The destroying angel or angel of death in the Hebrew Bible is an entity sent out by Yahweh on several occasions to kill enemies of the Israelites. In 2 Samuel 24:15, he kills

neg: Angel of the Lord Angel of the Lord The (or an) angel of the ( "malakh YHWH" "messenger of Yahweh") is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) on behalf of God (Yahweh). The term "malakh YHWH", which occurs 65 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, can be translated either as "the angel of the Lord" or "an angel of the Lord". The King James Version usually translates it as "the angel of the "; less frequently as "an angel of the ". The Septuagint (LXX) sometimes uses ἄγγελος Κυρίου (an angel of the Lord), sometimes ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου

neg: Jacob Morton Jacob Morton Major-General Jacob Morton (1756–1837) He was born in 1756. He studied law at The College of New Jersey, the predecessor of Princeton University. Morton never practiced law. Morton was the marshal for the First inauguration of George Washington. When it was found that no bible was available, Morton retrieved the Lodge Bible from St. John's Lodge where he was the Worshipful Master. Morton served as New York City Comptroller from 1807 to 1808. Morton was also later clerk for the New York City Common Council. Morton was an active Freemason, and was the Grand Master of Grand Lodge

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel a popular medieval telling of the story of Jacob's encounter with the angel. It is set as the tenor (upper voice) text of Machaut's multi-text-layered Motet No.15 "Vidi dominum" (I have seen the LORD) simultaneously with two secular French texts: "Faux semblant m'a decü" and "Amours qui ha le pouvoir." Machaut musically contrasts God's blessing in the Latin text with the disappointments of secular love in the French texts. Charles Wesley's hymn "Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown", often known as "Wrestling Jacob", is based on the passage which describes Jacob wrestling with an angel. It is traditionally sung to the

neg: Vayishlach unite God's Name with another person. God is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob only. Reading the beginning of "And God appeared to Jacob "again" (, "od")," Rabbi Jose bar Rabbi Hanina taught that "again" implies that God appeared this time as on the first occasion in As on the first occasion, God spoke to Jacob through an angel, so on this occasion, it was through an angel. Alternatively, Rabbi Judan taught that the word "again" intimated that God would once again reveal God's self to Jacob, at Beersheba, on Jacob's descent into

neg: Hayyim Angel Religious Methodology to Bible Study (New York: Kodesh Press, 2014), pp. 201–212. Introduction: Religious Tanakh Study in the Twenty-First Century: Opportunities and Challenges, in Where the Yeshiva Meets the University: Traditional and Academic Approaches to Tanakh Study, ed. Hayyim Angel, Conversations 15 (Winter 2013), pp. v-vii. “Joseph’s Bones: Peshat, Derash, and in Between,” Intersession Reader 2013 (New York: Tebah, 2013), pp. 83–94; reprinted in Angel, Peshat Isn’t So Simple: Essays on Developing a Religious Methodology to Bible Study (New York: Kodesh Press, 2014), pp. 223–233. “Overview of the Twenty-Four Books of Tanakh,” in Angel, Vision from the Prophet and Counsel

neg: Ariel (angel) Shakespeare's sprite Ariel with the poet, and the sprite's songs with poetry. Ariel (angel) Ariel () is an angel found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha. The literal meaning is "lion of God." The word Ariel occurs in the Hebrew Bible at Isaiah 29:1, 29:2, and 29:7, where it refers to Jerusalem. The word appears at II Samuel 23:20 and I Chronicle 11:22 as referring to "men of valor" of Moab. It appears at Ezekiel 43:16 as referring to an "altar hearth," and it appears at Ezra 8:16 as the name of a Jewish man. It appears in

neg: Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Delacroix) to delacroixs mural - 'prayer for the dead' - less looked at- there was a confessional in the chapel of the holy angels - placed beneath wrestling with the angel, enroached on the bottom part of the painting - it was moved - to the heim chapel beneath heims prayer for the dead - Kauffmann - Titian "The Martyrdom of St Peter" - inspiration for delacroix? Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Delacroix) Jacob wrestling with the Angel is a mural painted by Eugène Delacroix. Painted toward the end of his life, from 1854–1861, it depicts a puzzling episode from The

neg: Vayishlach ‘Your name is Jacob," is an instance of where a prophet reports the words of an angel without mentioning that they were perceived in a dream or vision, assuming that it is well known that prophecy can only originate in one of those two ways. The parashah is discussed in these modern sources: The early 20th century German scholar Hermann Gunkel wrote that the legend cycle of Jacob-Esau-Laban divided clearly into the legends (1) of Jacob and Esau ( ), (2) of Jacob and Laban ( ), (3) of the origin of the twelve tribes (), and (4) of the

neg: Eikev there by an angel, who asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." So Jacob gave a tenth of all the cattle that he had brought from Paddan Aram. Jacob had brought some 5,500 animals, so his tithe came to 550 animals. Jacob again tried to ford the Jabbok, but was hindered again. The angel once again asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." The

neg: Brothers Grimm a home, work industriously at a specific task and, in the end, find a new home. Between 1812 and 1864, ' was published 17 times: seven of the "Large edition" (') and ten of the "Small edition" ("). The Large editions contained all the tales collected to date, extensive annotations, and scholarly notes written by the brothers; the Small editions had only 50 tales and were intended for children. Jacob and Wilhelm's younger brother Emil Grimm illustrated the Small editions, adding Christian symbolism to the drawings, such as depicting Cinderella's mother as an angel, and adding a Bible to the

neg: Balak Balak Balak ( "Bālāq") was a king of Moab described in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, where his dealings with the prophet Balaam are recounted. Balak tried to engage Balaam for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelite community.On his journey to meet the princes of Moab, Balaam is stopped by an angel of the lord after beating his donkey. He tells the angel he will return home: "I have sinned. Yet I did not know that you took up a position to oppose my journey". The angel instructs Balaam to attend the meeting with the princes

neg: Israel the term "Israeli" to denote a citizen of Israel, with the formal announcement made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Sharett. The names Land of Israel and Children of Israel have historically been used to refer to the biblical Kingdom of Israel and the entire Jewish people respectively. The name "Israel" (Hebrew: "Yisraʾel", "Isrāʾīl"; Septuagint "Israēl"; 'El(God) persists/rules', though after often interpreted as "struggle with God") in these phrases refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the angel of the Lord. Jacob's twelve sons became the ancestors

neg: Hayyim Angel Perennial Spring: A Festschrift Honoring Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, ed. Bentsion Cohen (New York: Downhill Publishing, 2013), pp. 41–50; reprinted in Angel, Through an Opaque Lens: The Bible Refracted through Eternal Rabbinic Wisdom, revised second edition (New York: Kodesh Press, 2013), pp. 174–186. 2012 “When Love and Politics Mix: David and his Relationships with Saul, Jonathan, and Michal,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 40:1 (2012), pp. 41–51; reprinted in Angel, Peshat Isn’t So Simple: Essays on Developing a Religious Methodology to Bible Study (New York: Kodesh Press, 2014), pp. 254–267. “Review Essay: Seeking the Keys to the Palace Gates: Rabbi Moshe Shamah’s

neg: Hayyim Angel of Tanakh,” afterword to Moshe Sokolow, Tanakh: An Owner's Manual: Authorship, Canonization, Masoretic Text, Exegesis, Modern Scholarship and Pedagogy (Brooklyn, NY: Ktav, 2015), pp. 192–207; reprinted in Angel, Peshat Isn’t So Simple: Essays on Developing a Religious Methodology to Bible Study (New York: Kodesh Press, 2014), pp. 118–136. “Comparing Gideon to Abraham,” in Angel, Peshat Isn’t So Simple: Essays on Developing a Religious Methodology to Bible Study (New York: Kodesh Press, 2014), pp. 248–253. “‘Heeling’ in the Torah: A Psychological-Spiritual Reading of the Snake and Jacob's Wrestling Match,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 42:3 (2014), pp. 178-184; reprinted in Angel, The Keys

neg: Angel of the Lord angel who brought the Israelites into their promised land and would not pardon transgression because God's name was in him (), was "God's firstborn Son", the pre-existent Christ, who is also the archangel Michael, the Prince of the people of Israel mentioned in . Angel of the Lord The (or an) angel of the ( "malakh YHWH" "messenger of Yahweh") is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) on behalf of God (Yahweh). The term "malakh YHWH", which occurs 65 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, can be translated either as "the angel of the

neg: Abaddon Abaddon The Hebrew term Abaddon ( "’Ăḇaddōn"), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (, "Apollýōn") appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss. In the Hebrew Bible, "abaddon" is used with reference to a bottomless pit, often appearing alongside the place שְׁאוֹל ("Sheol"), meaning the realm of the dead. In the New Testament Book of Revelation, an angel called Abaddon is described as the king of an army of locusts; his name is first transcribed in Greek (Revelation 9:11—"whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, The Angel of Death.") as , and then translated

neg: The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" is episode 6 of season 5 in the television show "Angel". Written and directed by Jeffrey Bell, it was originally broadcast on November 5, 2003 on the WB network. On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Angel has a run-in with a masked Wolfram and Hart employee. He is connected to an Aztec warrior demon named Tezcatcatl, who preys on the hearts of heroes. This leads Angel to wrestle with some personal issues when he learns about 'Los Hermanos Numeros', a family of five Mexican luchadores who helped

neg: Benjamin the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. According to the Hebrew Bible, Benjamin's name arose when Jacob deliberately changed the name "Benoni", the original name of Benjamin, since Benoni was an allusion to Rachel's dying just after she had given birth, as it means "son of my pain". Textual scholars regard these two names as fragments of naming narratives coming from different sources - one being the Jahwist and the other being the Elohist. Unusually for one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the Bible does not explain the etymology of Benjamin's name. Medieval commentator Rashi gives two different

neg: Abaddon anyone who does not have the seal of God on their foreheads. The symbolism of Revelation 9:11 leaves the identity of Abaddon open to interpretation. Protestant commentator Matthew Henry (1708) believed Abaddon to be the Antichrist, whereas the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871) and Henry H. Halley (1922) identified the angel as Satan. Latter-Day Saints believe that the use of "Abaddon" in Revelation 9 refers to the devil. In contrast, the Methodist publication "The Interpreter's Bible" states: "Abaddon, however, is an angel not of Satan but of God, performing his work of destruction at God's bidding", citing the context at Revelation chapter

neg: Jacob to face and lived." Because the terminology is ambiguous ("el" in "Yisra`el") and inconsistent, and because this being refused to reveal his name, there are varying views as to whether he was a man, an angel, or God. Josephus uses only the terms "angel", "divine angel," and "angel of God," describing the struggle as no small victory. According to Rashi, the being was the guardian angel of Esau himself, sent to destroy Jacob before he could return to the land of Canaan. Trachtenberg theorized that the being refused to identify itself for fear that, if its secret name was known,

neg: Ki Teitzei record, and the angels assume a prosecutorial stance, and scrutinize one’s sins. The Midrash illustrated this by noting that when Jacob left Canaan for to Aram-Naharaim, reports, “Jacob made a vow.” Then he became wealthy, returned, and did not pay his vow. So God brought Esau against him, bent on killing Jacob, and Esau took a huge gift from him of the 200 goats and other gifts reported in yet Jacob did not fulfill his vow. So God brought the angel against him, and the angel wrestled with Jacob but did not kill him, as reports, “Jacob was left alone.

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel tune of St Petersburg. U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, the 4th. track on their 1987 album "The Joshua Tree" includes the lyric "Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome." The motif of "wrestling with the angels" occurs in several novels including Hermann Hesse's "Demian" (1919), Dodie Smith's "I Capture the Castle" (1948), Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel" (1964). In poetry the theme appears in Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Man Watching" (c.1920), Herman Melville's poem "Art," and Emily Dickinson's poem "A little East of Jordan" (Fr145B, 1860). In theatre, wrestling with the angel is mentioned in Tony Kushner's play

neg: Still Playing with Toys Playing with Toys Presents #0", a preview issue made available only to retailers. The publication was an anthology of two stories "Angel XRC" and "Only in Dreams". The first issue debuted October 31, 2007, before the publisher switched to a direct download distribution model and released future issues of the comic online. "Angel XRC" tells the tale of a post-civil war civilization, where the government rules by fear and those straying from the norm are hunted by an army of XRC (Xeriv Resistance Control) officers. Among that army is Lt. Jacob Axebry, a former family man who had his wife

neg: Jacob and Esau meeting like warriors about to enter into battle. Jacob divides his family into two camps such that if one is taken the other might escape (). Jacob sends messengers to Esau, as well as gifts meant to appease him. Jacob gets the name "Israel" after he wrestles with the Angel of God as he is traveling to Esau. His hip is knocked out of joint but he keeps on wrestling and gains the name. After the encounter with the angel, Jacob crosses over the ford Jabbok and encounters Esau who seems initially pleased to see him (), which attitude of

neg: Ariel (angel) Ariel (angel) Ariel () is an angel found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha. The literal meaning is "lion of God." The word Ariel occurs in the Hebrew Bible at Isaiah 29:1, 29:2, and 29:7, where it refers to Jerusalem. The word appears at II Samuel 23:20 and I Chronicle 11:22 as referring to "men of valor" of Moab. It appears at Ezekiel 43:16 as referring to an "altar hearth," and it appears at Ezra 8:16 as the name of a Jewish man. It appears in the context of a class of angels, at least according to Jewish

neg: Jacob L. Wright Jacob L. Wright Jacob L. Wright is an author, lecturer, and professor of religion specializing in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. His areas of expertise include the history and archeology of ancient Israel, the composition history of the Bible, as well as warfare and nation-formation in the Ancient Near East. He is associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University, Candler School of Theology. Born in Rockport, Massachusetts Wright studied internationally extensively. He received a Doctor Theologiae degree from the University of Göttingen in 2003 and went on to teach at Heidelberg University. He was awarded the National Endowment

neg: Yekke the word derives from "Yekkef", the Western European pronunciation of the name "Jacob" or "Jack", which differs from the Eastern European pronunciation, "Yankef" or "Yankev" (also see German "Jäckel", pronounced "yekkel", the German diminutive form of Jakob). Furthermore, since Yiddish is derived from Middle High German, German sources occasionally note that Yiddish "yekk(e)" is largely homophone with "jeck(e)", the Rhenish dialectal form of Standard German "Geck" of uncertain origin but in contexts relating German "jeck(e)" to Yiddish "yekk(e)" attributed to patriarch Jacob in the Bible as does above-mentioned "Yekkef" theory. Rhenish "Jeck(e)" as a noun denotes a "fool", "jester", or

neg: Hayyim Angel to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 36–57. “Seeking Prophecy in Historical Narratives: Manasseh and Josiah in Kings and Chronicles,” Milin Havivin: Beloved Words 3 (2007), pp. 110–121; reprinted in Angel, Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings: Finding the Religious Significance in Tanakh (Jersey City, NJ: Ktav-Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2009), pp. 245–261. 2006 “‘I Am a Hebrew!’: Jonah's Conflict with God's Mercy Toward Even the Most Worthy of Pagans,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 34:1 (2006), pp. 3-11; reprinted in Angel, Through an Opaque Lens (New York: Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2006), pp. 259-269;

neg: Hayyim Angel and Ideals, 2017), pp. 83–90; Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 132–142. “‘Rebuke Your Mother’: But Who Is She? The Identity of the ‘Mother’ and ‘Children’ in Hosea 2:4-7,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 44:1 (2016), pp. 13-20; reprinted in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 236-248. “The Eternal Davidic Covenant in II Samuel Chapter 7 and Its Later Manifestations in the Bible,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 44:2 (2016), pp. 83–90; reprinted in

neg: Bechukotai to You." So Jacob gave a tenth of all the cattle that he had brought from Paddan Aram. Jacob had brought some 5,500 animals, so his tithe came to 550 animals. Jacob again tried to ford the Jabbok, but was hindered again. The angel once again asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." The angel noted that Jacob had sons and that Jacob had not given a tithe of them. So Jacob set aside the four firstborn sons (whom the law excluded

neg: Vayetze to You." So Jacob gave a tenth of all the cattle that he had brought from Paddan-Aram. Jacob had brought some 5,500 animals, so his tithe came to 550 animals. Jacob again tried to ford the Jabbok, but was hindered again. The angel once again asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." The angel noted that Jacob had sons and that Jacob had not given a tithe of them. So Jacob set aside the four firstborn sons (whom the law excluded from

neg: Billy Graham of the 18th green and across from where Graham often paddled a canoe to a small island in the river, where he would preach to the birds, alligators, and cypress stumps. In 1939, Graham was ordained by a group of Southern Baptist clergymen at Peniel Baptist Church in Palatka, Florida. In 1943, Graham graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, with a degree in anthropology. During his time at Wheaton, Graham decided to accept the Bible as the infallible word of God. Henrietta Mears of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood (Hollywood, California) was instrumental in helping Graham wrestle with

neg: Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac ibn Adonijah or Jacob ben Chayyim (c. 1470 – before 1538), was a scholar of the Masoretic textual notes on the Hebrew Bible, and printer. Born in Tunis (hence sometimes called Tunisi), he left his native country to escape the persecutions that broke out there at the beginning of the sixteenth century. After residing at Rome and Florence he settled at Venice, where he was engaged as corrector of the Hebrew press of Daniel Bomberg. Late in life he embraced Christianity. Jacob's name is known chiefly in connection with his

neg: Prayer in the Hebrew Bible Rebbecca is the chosen maiden. Eliezer rushes home with her and she and Isaac are married. When Jacob is to reunite with his brother Esau, he prays in distress that God save him from what he fears will be an attack on him, his family, and his servants. Similarly to his grandfather Abraham, his prayer lays out an argument, in this case by invoking statements God had made in the past to convince God to aid him. Jacob's prayer does not seem to impact his optimism, for when Esau approaches, he divides his children among his maidservants and wives, so

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel by an angel, and to explain Jewish eating customs. Like some Jewish commentators, Islamic commentators described the event as punishment for Jacob failing to give tithes to God but making an offering like a tithe to Esau. In an analysis of Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch's 1968 book "Atheism in Christianity", Roland Boer says that Bloch sees the incident as falling into the category of "myth, or at least legend". Boer calls this an example of "a bloodthirsty, vengeful God ... outdone by cunning human beings keen to avoid his fury". The wrestling incident on the bank of a stream has

neg: Vayishlach gave a tenth of all the cattle that he had brought from Paddan-Aram. Jacob had brought some 5,500 animals, so his tithe came to 550 animals. Jacob again tried to ford the Jabbok, but was hindered again. The angel once again asked Jacob whether Jacob had not told God (in ), "Of all that you shall give me I will surely give a tenth to You." The angel noted that Jacob had sons and that Jacob had not given a tithe of them. So Jacob set aside the four firstborn sons (whom the law excluded from the tithe) of each

neg: Bible version debate the English Reformation in full swing, other publications of English translations began to appear, often with sponsorship from businessmen on the continent (e.g., Jacob van Meteren for the Coverdale Bible). The most notable of these were the Great Bible, the Bishop's Bible, and the Geneva Bible. The Great Bible, first published in 1539, was the only English Bible whose use was made compulsory in churches throughout England. The Geneva Bible (1557) became the "Bible of the Puritans" and made an enormous impression on English Bible translation, second only to Tyndale. Part of this was due to its issue as a

neg: Emelie (film) she does not want) and will kill her (like she killed Maggie) unless Jacob brings her Christopher, the one she does want. She also drops down Howie's yellow jacket with blood stains for Jacob to see. She tells Jacob to meet her in the backyard in five minutes where she will trade Sally for Christopher. Jacob subdues Emelie by rolling a trash can towards her which she opens (thinking that Christopher is hidden inside) only to have the lit fireworks that Jacob had placed inside the trash can explode in her face just as she opens the trash can lid;

neg: Jacob Milgrom Jacob Milgrom Jacob Milgrom (February 1, 1923 – June 5, 2010) was a prominent American Jewish Bible scholar and Conservative rabbi, best known for his comprehensive Torah commentaries and work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jacob Milgrom was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923. He studied at Brooklyn College and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. In 1948, he married Jo Berman, also a biblical scholar. They had four children. Jacob Milgrom spent most of his career at the University of California, Berkeley, where he headed the Department of Near Eastern Studies. He was known

neg: Hayyim Angel Hayyim Angel Rabbi Hayyim Angel is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org). He has taught advanced Bible courses to undergraduate, graduate, and rabbinical students at Yeshiva University since 1996, and lectures widely. He also serves as the Tanakh Education Scholar at Yeshivat Ben Porat Yosef in Paramus, New Jersey. He has published over 130 scholarly articles, primarily in Bible, and is author or editor of sixteen books. His scholarship focuses on the interaction between traditional and academic approaches to Bible study. A prominent Bible educator in Israel, Rabbi Yaakov Beasley, wrote a thorough review

neg: The Drums The Drums The Drums are an American indie pop band from New York City. Founding members Jonathan (Jonny) Pierce and Jacob Graham became friends as children, having met at Bible camp at age 11 or 12. Some years later, they formed a short-lived electro-pop group initially named Goat Explosion, eventually renamed Elkland. They released one album, "Golden", in 2005 and garnered interest with the single "Apart." In 2008 Jonny and Jacob came up with the concept for The Drums, and Pierce moved to Kissimmee, Florida, where Graham resided at the time, so that they could more readily collaborate. They then

neg: Tzav one bringing an animal sacrifice needed also to bring a drink-offering (, "nesech"), before then, in Jacob poured out a drink-offering (, "nesech") at Bethel. More generally, the Hebrew Bible addressed "sacrifices" (, "zevachim") generically in connection with Jacob and Moses. After Jacob and Laban reconciled, reports that Jacob offered a sacrifice (, "zevach") on the mountain and shared a meal with his kinsmen. And after Jacob learned that Joseph was still alive in Egypt, reports that Jacob journeyed to Beersheba and offered sacrifices (, "zevachim") to the God of his father Isaac. And Moses and Aaron argued repeatedly with

neg: Pool of Bethesda stir the waters, which would then cure the first person to enter. Although the Latin Vulgate does not include the "troubling of the water" or the "angel tradition", these were present in many of the manuscripts used for the Greek Textus Receptus, which was used by early English translators of the Bible, who therefore included it in their translations. Modern textual scholarship views these extra details as unreliable and unlikely to have been part of the original text; many modern translations do not include the "troubling of the water" or the "angel tradition", but leave the earlier numbering system, so

neg: Jacob ben Reuben (Karaite) translation also bearing the title "Sefer ha-'Osher" (Steinschneider, l.c. p. 957; Kohut Memorial Volume, p. 56). Further, Jacob must not be confounded with the Rabbinite polemical writer Jacob ben Reuben, author of the anti-Christian work "Milhamot Adonai." Jacob ben Reuben (Karaite) Jacob ben Reuben (יעקב בן ראובן) was a Karaite scholar and Bible exegete of the eleventh century. He wrote a brief Hebrew language commentary on the entire Bible, which he entitled "Sefer ha-'Osher," because, as he says in the introduction, the reader will find therein sufficient information, and will not need to have recourse to the many voluminous commentaries

neg: Jacob wrestling with the angel name "Israel" and blessed, while the "man" refuses to give his own name. Jacob then names the place where they wrestled "Penuel" ( "face of God" or "facing God"). The Masoretic text reads as follows: The account contains several plays on the meaning of Hebrew names — "Peniel" (or "Peniel"), "Israel" — as well as similarity to the root of Jacob's name (which sounds like the Hebrew for "heel") and its compound. The limping of Jacob ("Yaʿaqob "), may mirror the name of the river, Jabbok ("Yabbok" יַבֹּק sounds like "crooked" river), and Nahmanides (Deut. 2:10 of Jeshurun) gives the

neg: Barry Horowitz 22, 1990, after which he departed for World Championship Wrestling. Horowitz made his debut in WCW a little over a month later at a TV taping on May 23, 1990 at the Georgia Mountains Center in a match with Brian Pillman. He would wrestle in over fifty matches that year, registering one victory (a pinfall of Tommy Angel at a TV taping in October). His only pay-per-view appearance was in a dark match at Halloween Havoc, where he was defeated by Tim Horner. His last appearance came on December 7 at a house show in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he

neg: Christian angelology does not regard Uriel as an angel just as the Book of Enoch is not part of the Catholic Bible either. Another possible interpretation of the seven archangels is that these seven are the seven spirits of God that stand before the throne described in the Book of Enoch, and in the Book of Revelation. The Seven Archangels are said to be the guardian angels of nations and countries, and are concerned with the issues and events surrounding these, including politics, military matters, commerce and trade: e.g. Archangel Michael is traditionally seen as the protector of 'Israel' and of the

neg: Bernard Jacob Bamberger most prominent Reform Jewish synagogues. During his tenure, he oversaw the congregation’s move from Manhattan’s West side to the East side. He served as head of the congregation from 1944 to 1971, and then as Rabbi Emeritus until his death on June 14, 1980 – his 48th wedding anniversary. In 1955, Bamberger wrote for Hillel books a short introduction to scripture entitled "The Bible: A Modern Jewish Approach". Its first sentence shows the large question addressed in the text’s mere 96 pages: “What meaning, what value does the Bible have for the modern man – in particular, for the modern

neg: Abraham Jacob Paperna in Sokolov's "Sefer ha-Shanah", 1900, p. 60. Abraham Jacob Paperna Abraham Jacob Paperna (; born in Kapyl, Minsk Governorate, now in Minsk Voblast, Belarus, 1840; died 1919) was a Russian Jewish educator and author. He received a fair education, including the study of the Bible with Moses Mendelssohn's translation, Hebrew grammar, "Talmud", and secular literature. In 1863 he entered the rabbinical school of Zhitomir, where he studied until 1865; he was then transferred to the rabbinical school of Wilna, from which he graduated in 1867. In 1868 he was appointed teacher at the government Jewish school at Zakroczym, government of

neg: Abraham Jacob Paperna Abraham Jacob Paperna Abraham Jacob Paperna (; born in Kapyl, Minsk Governorate, now in Minsk Voblast, Belarus, 1840; died 1919) was a Russian Jewish educator and author. He received a fair education, including the study of the Bible with Moses Mendelssohn's translation, Hebrew grammar, "Talmud", and secular literature. In 1863 he entered the rabbinical school of Zhitomir, where he studied until 1865; he was then transferred to the rabbinical school of Wilna, from which he graduated in 1867. In 1868 he was appointed teacher at the government Jewish school at Zakroczym, government of Warsaw; and in 1870 he became principal

neg: Jacob L. Beilhart devout Seventh Day Adventists. During this time, he became convinced that their view of the Bible and its teachings were quite different than what he had been raised to understand, but he accepted their religion entirely. Although it is not known for certain, it is possible that the sheep farmer was the father of Olive Louema Blow, whom Beilhart married in 1887. Jacob and Louema attended Healdsburg College in California where Jacob received a license to preach. Beilhart returned to Kansas to begin a career in preaching. After two years, however, faced with the prospect of being sent to teach

neg: Laban (Bible) the father of Bilhah and Zilpah, the two concubines with whom Jacob also has children (Midrash Raba, Gen 24) Laban first appears in the Hebrew Bible in as the grown spokesman for his father Bethuel's house; he was impressed by the gold jewelry given to his sister on behalf of Isaac, and played a key part in arranging their marriage. Twenty years later, Laban's nephew Jacob was born to Isaac and Rebekah. When grown, Jacob comes to work for Laban. The biblical narrative provides a framework for dating these events: Jacob begat Joseph 14 years after his flight to Laban;

neg: Rapture (Kate novel) She is introduced to Luce as Arriane's older sister, with pink hair and calmer than Arriane. The first fallen angel. One of the reasons of the start of the Heaven War. He tricks Luce in the announcers appearing as a little gargoyle, Bill. He tries to make Luce kill one of her past lives. One of the remaining Elders. One of the remaining Elders. According to the Bible, a fallen angel is an angel who, coveting a higher power, ends up delivering "the darkness and sin." The term "fallen angel" indicates that it is an angel who fell from heaven.

neg: Hayyim Angel Characters’ Knowledge: The Interaction between the Human and the Divine,” in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 168-182. “Doing Everything Halfway: David After His Sin with Uriah and Bathsheba,” in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 183–196. 2016 “The Binding of Isaac: Extremely Religious without Religious Extremism,” Conversations 24 (Winter 2016), pp. 58–65; reprinted in Angel, Increasing Peace Through Balanced Torah Study. Conversations 27 (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas

neg: True name upon the speaker tremendous power over His creations. To prevent abuse of this power, as well as to avoid blasphemy, the name of God was always taboo, and increasingly disused so that by the time of Jesus their High Priest was supposedly the only individual who spoke it aloud — and then only in the Holy of Holies upon the Day of Atonement. Also in a Biblical context, in the tale of Jacob's nocturnal wrestling with an anonymous angel, the angel refuses to reveal his own name to Jacob even after the angel's submission at dawn. Thereafter Jacob obtains a