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Jacob: Wrestling with God

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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I Pray the My Blessing That I Have Now Found Grace in Thy Sight

The story seems to be something like well Jacob was an arrogant crooked deceitful character maybe over impressed with his own ability he thought it was pretty amusing to pull a fast trick or two on his brother then he ran off which is not all that brave. Then he got walloped a lot and perhaps learned something and then when he came back you know he was a different person. He wants to make complete amends to Esau as if Esau is a representative of the divine element of justice but there's a higher principle at stake in this case too.

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