He is stuck in a hole that he cannot come out of. It gets deeper by the day. He can barely move his right hand or turn his neck. Anyone would ask why he has to work so late in the night everyday. Lord, you are the only one who could help him.
Genesis 32 : Jacob prepares to meet Esau
Jacob is on his way to Canaan where his father lives. He knows that Esau might still be harboring hatred against him. So he sends messengers ahead of him saying that he is wealthy now and hopes to gain Esau's favor. The messengers come back saying Esau is already on his way to see Jacob with 400 men. Jacob gets frightened. He divides his group into 2, thinking that if Esau attacks one group, the other can escape. He decides on gifts of lot of cattle and sheep to Esau to please him. He divides the cattle and sheep into herds and puts a servant in charge of each. He asks one to go behind another. He instructs the first servant to tell Esau that these cattle are gifts from Jacob and Jacob is just behind him. He instructs the second, third, fourth and all the servants behind to do the same. He stays in the back.
That night he makes everyone cross the Jabokk river and stays back alone. Then a man came to him and wrestled with him the whole night. When he found that he could not beat Jacob, he struck him in the hip. The man tries to get away from Jacob but Jacob says he wont let him go until he blesses him. He asks his because he realizes that the man is God. God blesses him and says his name will henceforth be not Jacob but Israel.
Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel [32:30]
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