Genesis 32
The "man" was most likely an angel. Generally when angels appear in scripture it is to speak a message from God. Jacob needs more than a spoken message. Jacob has always run when things got difficult. This angel does not let him run. He forces him to struggle. As morning comes Jacob realizes that he has spent the night wrestling with the angel, he has encountered God. His life is changed. His name is changed from Jacob to Israel as a sign of how he has changed. That is right, this is the Israel. His name eventually is used for the whole people, nation.
Who would have ever thought an angel would "wrestle" with a man. Sometimes God acts in ways we don't understand because God knows just what we need.
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