Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Cross-reference

Genesis 32:28 reveals Jacob is renamed Israel for wrestling with God.

Genesis 32:30 confirms Jacob saw God face to face during the wrestling.

Genesis 35:3 recalls God answering Jacob in distress, directly referencing the faithfulness shown during events like the wrestling.

Genesis 30:8 shows Rachel naming Naphtali with 'wrestlings' — the same Hebrew root used for Jacob's physical wrestling here.

In Genesis 48:16, Jacob invokes the Angel, recalling deliverance from the wrestling encounter.

Genesis 35:9 describes God appearing again to Jacob, part of ongoing divine interactions following the wrestling incident.

Hosea 12:3-5 explicitly recounts Jacob's wrestling with God, referencing Genesis 32.

Psalm 146:5 Allusion

Psalm 146:5 directly invokes Jacob — 'Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob' — recalling his desperate encounter with God.

Luke 6:12 Parallel

Luke 6:12 records Jesus praying alone all night on a mountain — a striking parallel to Jacob wrestling alone until dawn in intense communion with God.

Daniel 10:8 Parallel

In Daniel 10:8, a divine encounter leaves Daniel strengthless and helpless — mirroring the physical toll Jacob's wrestling took on him.

Psalm 30:5 Parallel

In Psalm 30:5, the pattern of night weeping yielding morning joy echoes Jacob's all-night struggle ending in blessing at dawn.