Hosea 12:3-6

Two episodes (for a third, see Hosea 12:12) in the history of Jacob are applied to the spiritual wants of his descendants. Jacob in the very womb seemed ambitious of the blessing, and when a grown man, he wrestled with the angel for a still higher blessing than before. But, as we are led to interpret the prophet's thought, the Israelites, instead of justifying their name, and -waiting upon their God", have denied Jehovah, and sought for weak human help. The parallel passages in Genesis are Genesis 25:26 a, Genesis 32:28 b(both ascribed to -the Jehovist"), though we cannot conclude with positive certainty that they were known to Hosea, for in Hosea 12:4 he introduces a detail not mentioned in Genesis. Hosea mayhave drawn from oral tradition.