Israel Must Return to the God of Jacob

12:3 In the womb he attacked his brother;

in his manly vigor he struggled4 with God.

12:4 He struggled5 with an angel and prevailed;

he wept and begged for his favor.

He found God6 at Bethel,7

and there he spoke with him!8

12:5 As for the Lord God Almighty,

the Lord is the name by which he is remembered!9

12:6 But you must return10 to your God,

by maintaining love and justice,

and by waiting11 for your God to return to you.12