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This chapter refers to Jacob\u2019s struggle with an angel in Gen. 32, providing extra details in the midrashic tradition of filling in narrative gaps already within the Tanach itself. Verse 4 brackets Jacob\u2019s life by two pivotal struggles, beginning in the womb where \u201che tried to supplant his brother,\u201d and ending when \u201che strove with a divine being.\u201d The root for \u201csupplant\u201d (<\/span>ekev<\/span><\/em>) relates to the name Jacob- to hold back or to deceive- while wrestling with the angel results in a name change to Israel, signifying dramatic character transformation between the two.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hosea inserts the significant detail that one of the combatants \u201cwept and implored\u201d the other. The Talmud resolves its inherent ambiguity as to which one is doing the pleading in favor of the angel (<\/span>Hullin <\/span><\/i>92a). Another rabbinic interpretation suggestively identifies the angel as a representative of Jacob\u2019s brother Esau. In light of its narrative positioning immediately before Jacob\u2019s reunion with Esau after decades of separation, combined with Maimonides\u2019 rule that all divine and angelic appearances in the Bible are dreams or visions, we are confronted with a Freudian moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jacob\u2019s consciousness is plagued by unresolved tensions related to sibling rivalry. The angel\u2019s cry to be released from Jacob\u2019s grip resonates with Esau\u2019s agonizing cry when he discovered his brother had stolen his blessing, while the angel\u2019s imploring signifies Esau\u2019s legitimate plea for its return. In the dream Jacob negotiates the angel\u2019s release in exchange for a blessing, reflecting a deep-seated guilt over his original exchange with Esau whose distress Jacob exploited to acquire Esau\u2019s birthright. The angel\u2019s crying and pleading supply the necessary ingredients that Jacob subconsciously assimilates in his dream. It evokes a moral awakening, which attuned Jacob to Esau\u2019s suffering which he ignored previously, in order to resolve his guilt over wronging his brother.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That resolution in Jacob\u2019s subconscious then materializes in his following encounter with Esau. Esau rushes toward Jacob, emotionally embracing, kissing, and <\/span>crying<\/span><\/em> together (Gen 33:4). Jacob then incorporates twice in his dialogue with Esau the Hebrew root for imploring (<\/span>chanan<\/span><\/em>), in the grammatical form of \u2018showing favor\u2019 (hitpa'el<\/em>), signifying an obliging response to imploring. Most importantly, he insists that Esau accept the \u2018blessing\u2019 he offers \u201cfor God has favored (<\/span>chanani<\/span><\/em>) me and I have plenty\u201d (33:11). That angelic pleading in Jacob\u2019s consciousness compelled him to admit he owed Esau compensation for his deceitful acquisition of a blessing rightfully due to Esau. He was now willing to share with Esau the divine \u2018favoring\u2019 he enjoyed from the fruit of that blessing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This elucidates Hosea\u2019s puzzling reference to this episode. The chapter begins accusing Ephraim and Israel of treachery and deceit. Hosea then reminds Israel of the moment Jacob\u2019s name was changed to Israel provoked by guilt over a deceitful past. Jacob\u2019s listening to another\u2019s cries and pleas led to reconciliation with the victim of his deceit. Recalling this incident is an appeal to return to the original ideal represented by the name Israel as overcoming a deceitful disposition.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In this chapter, Hosea continues the anguished account of God\u2019s tempestuous relationship with Israel, tracing the troubles back to the womb. Even <\/span>in utero<\/span><\/em>, Jacob was a wily character who tried to supplant his brother. As an adult, the struggle continues with Jacob taking on God, Godself. Yes, the JPS translation of verse 4 reads \u201che strove with a <\/span>divine being<\/span>\u201d but Robert Alter translates the Hebrew \u201c<\/span>Elohim<\/span><\/em>\u201d more literally, \u201cstrove with God\u201d and adds a note \u201cThis is what the Hebrew says. The next line \u2018corrects\u2019 this to a divine messenger or angel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps Hosea 12:5 is not a \u201ccorrection\u201d of 12:4, but a second\u00a0 stage in the struggle. First, staying with the literal meaning of <\/span>Elohim<\/span><\/em>, Jacob is indeed wrestling with God. Not physically. It is an inner struggle in which wily Jacob tries to justify, or at least get away with, \u201cget rich quick schemes\u201d using false measures and shady deals. God will have none of that. The God of Israel indeed insists on cultic loyalty. Faithfulness to God is a necessary condition, but it is not sufficient. Returning to God means practicing goodness and justice. Long-term well-being comes from trusting in God. There are no shortcuts, and Jacob cannot defeat God or escape his responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When he understands that, his opponent changes. Now he is fighting not God but an angel dispatched, like the one who confronted Balaam, to keep him on the straight path. But the real opponent is his own lesser self, and that is who Jacob defeats. It is when Jacob prevails over his own desires to take the \u201ceasy way out\u201d that he receives the name \u201cIsrael.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Biblical scholars Simha Kogut and Israel Knohl understand \u201cIsrael\u201d to be derived from the Hebrew root \u201c\u05e9-\u05e8\u201d which refers to ruling power (cf. Judges 9:22). The root is still used in that manner, as in the word \u201c<\/span>sar<\/span><\/em>\u201d meaning a \u201cgovernment minister.\u201d Further, the structure of \u201cIsrael\u201d is the same as \u201cIshmael\u201d which means \u201cGod will hear\u201d or \u201cEzekiel\u201d meaning \u201cGod will make strong.\u201d Therefore, \u201cIsrael\u201d means \u201cGod will rule,\u201d and it serves as a reminder to Jacob that his priorities must be those of God: faithfulness, goodness and justice. 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In this chapter, Hosea turned his attention from Ephraim, his principal subject, to Judah. Having mentioned that \u201cthe Lord once indicted Judah and punished Jacob for his conduct\u201d (3), he engaged in a homily (<\/span>midrash<\/span><\/em>) on several verses in Genesis that speak about Jacob and his relationship with God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

First, he expounded on the circumstances of the birth of Jacob and his twin, Esau, saying: \u201cIn the womb he tried to supplant (`<\/em><\/span>akav<\/span><\/em>)<\/span> his brother; grown to manhood, he strove with a divine being. He strove (<\/span>vayasar<\/span><\/em>) with an angel and prevailed\u2026 At Bethel [Jacob] would meet him, there to commune with him\u201d (4-5). This is clearly a homiletical adaptation of, first, Genesis 25:26: \u201cThen his brother emerged holding on to the heel (`<\/em><\/span>akev<\/span><\/em>) of Esau,\u201d and, subsequently, Genesis 32:25 ff, particularly: \u201cYour name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven (<\/span>sarita<\/span><\/em>) with beings divine\u201d (32:29). Note the prominence given to the verbal root <\/span>`-K-V<\/span><\/i>, which produces the proper noun Jacob (<\/span>Ya`akov<\/span><\/em>), and S-R-H, which yields the name Israel (<\/span>Yisrael<\/span><\/em>), the two names by which the third patriarch was known.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Radak attached great significance to this reprise, casting it in terms of the historiosophical idea that parental actions influence their descendants\u2014a concept best known in its later formulation by Ramban as: <\/span>ma`aseh avot, siman labanim<\/span><\/em> (\u201cthe deeds of the parents are a sign, or portent, for the children\u201d).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He wrote:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This was a great wonder, because a fetus in the womb has neither the strength nor ability in his limbs, let alone to pierce the placenta and seize the heel of a second fetus. This is indeed wondrous, and [God] enabled it for it to be a sign for his descendants that ultimately the sons of Jacob will rule over the sons of Esau\u2026 to wit: \u201cThe House of Jacob will be a fire, the House of Joseph [Ephraim] will be a flame, and the House of Esau will be as straw; they will ignite them and consume them and there will be no survivors of the House of Esau\u201d (Obadiah 1:18). And yet [Jacob\u2019s] descendants paid this no heed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A third textual allusion, to God\u2019s address to Jacob in Bethel (35:6 ff.), is interpreted by Malbim as portending yet another historical act: Jeroboam\u2019s placement of the two golden calves. While situating one in Dan, Malbim explained, is consistent with that site having already been occupied by Micah\u2019s idol (Judges 18), why was the other located in Bethel? His answer:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The ten tribes identified themselves with Jacob and tried to imitate him. 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Perhaps no prophet in the biblical canon drew as heavily upon Israel's past as Hosea did, weaving references from the biblical period into his rebuke of the people. In chapters 9 and 10, Hosea mentioned the idolatry of Ba'al Pe'or from Numbers, and the rape of the concubine in Gibeah at the end of the book of Judges. In chapter 12 and 13, Hosea draws heavily from the book of Genesis to castigate the people, specifically the life of the patriarch Jacob.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The chapter revolves around a single theme - faithfulness. The rebuke centers on Ephraim's unfaithfulness to God (which is contrasted with Judah's faithfulness). The reproach over the northern kingdom's idolatry is not due to the licentious behavior that accompanied ancient idolatry, but to the northern kingdom's lack of fidelity and their display of ingratitude towards God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The claim is not that Judah is perfect, indeed, Hosea notes that \"according to his deeds He shall recompense him.\" However, Ephraim \"tends the wind And pursues the gale; He is forever adding Illusion to calamity. Now they make a covenant with Assyria, Now oil is carried to Egypt\u201d (verse 2). Wind lacks permanence \u2013 chasing after it has no lasting value. Hosea demonstrates that Ephraim's lack of faithfulness and constancy to God is reflected in their political alignments as well. When the people think that a pact with Assyria will be beneficial, they support them; if Egypt's offer is more tempting, they abandon Assyria in favor of Egypt. In Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein's formulation, they prefer \"short-term utilitarianism over long-term commitment\".<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hosea contrasts their flightiness with the constancy and fidelity demonstrated by Jacob in Aram. This quality finds expression from the very beginning, when he falls in love with Rachel and asks to marry her, despite all the difficulties he faced. He is forced to wait seven years, engaged in\u00a0 servitude to Laban, all because of his great love for Rachel. The second part of verse 13 first emphasizes Jacob's personal fidelity (\"And Israel served for a wife\"), then implies that Laban deceived Jacob and gave him Leah as a wife and forces him to engage in an additional seven years of hard labor. That Jacob is willing to work even more for Rachel, despite the uncertainty of ever acquiring her as his wife, demonstrates exceptional loyalty and fidelity, as the end of the verse states, \"And for a wife he kept [sheep\/faith].\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hosea then parallels Jacob's faithfulness and God's faithfulness to His people: \"And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved\" In both cases, a long-term relationship is created despite the difficulties that arise from the commitment made to the mate (Rachel\/the Jewish people).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite these examples, Ephraim cannot stay faithful nor honest, always searching for short-term gain and expediency as opposed to long-term commitments \u2013 \"A trafficker who has deceitful scales in his hand; he loves to oppress\u201d (verse 8).<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":76549,"alt":"","title":"hos12-love locks","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks.jpg","width":1920,"height":1079,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks-1024x575.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":575,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":863,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1079,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks-1200x674.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":674,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos12-love-locks-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Jacob The Faithful","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"But Ephraim? 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12:5 \u201c\u2018He strove with the Messenger and prevailed--he wept and pleaded with him. At Bethel he did find him, \u2018And there he spoke with us.\u2019\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He wept and pleaded with him<\/span><\/em>: This clause presents a rather different picture of the struggle with the divine adversary from the one in Genesis 32. Unlike the story in Genesis, the adversary here is reduced to tears and pleading.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At Bethel he did find him<\/span><\/em>: In context, this has to mean that the mysterious stranger found Jacob at Bethel. Again, this differs from the tradition in Genesis, where the nocturnal encounter is at the Jabbok ford, whereas at Bethel, in Jacob\u2019s flight to Aram, he had the epiphany of the angels ascending and descending on a ramp (or ladder).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And there he spoke with us<\/span><\/em>: <\/span><\/i>The import of this clause is unclear. Perhaps the people of Israel are represented as confidently declaring that God spoke to them at Bethel through Jacob. Bethel was a principal cult-site of the northern kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. And his name in Israel shall be - Jacob\/Ya\u2019akov<\/em>. The meaning of the name Jacob\/ Ya\u2019akov is connected to several stories. In the story of his birth, 487 chapters ago (Gen. 25:26), his name is connected to how he followed his twin brother out of the womb: \u201chis brother emerged, holding on to the heel (\u2018akev<\/em>) of Esau.\u201d Later, after the theft of the blessing, Esau connects his name to the act of deceit: \u201c[Esau] said, \u201cWas he, then, named Jacob that he might supplant me (ya\u2019akveni<\/em>) these two times? First he took away my birthright and now he has taken away my blessing!\u201d (Gen. 27:36). Hosea combines the two stories here, and moves the deceit all the way back to the womb. But it is encouraging to note that Jacob received a \u201cstraighter\u201d name (straight = yashar<\/em> - \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8) - Israel\/Yisrael<\/em>\/\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc - 480 chapters ago, in Gen. 32.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Criticism or compliment<\/em>? One can read the traditions brought here about Jacob as connected to criticism of his descendants. But if we read it on its own, it also has a positive message. See, e.g., the striving with the angel, and speaking with God: \u201cHe strove with an angel and prevailed\u2014 The other had to weep and implore him. At Bethel [Jacob] would meet him, There to commune with him\u201d (verse 5).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Bethel<\/em>. The Temple at Bethel is THE temple for the kingdom of Israel. 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