Jacob’s Struggle

Jacob’s struggle with the angel – is not this the great blemish? ‘The Eternal …will do justice to Jacob according to his works. In his mother’s womb did he already displace his brother, and, in his manliness, triumph over a God. He fought against an angel and was vanquished, and here he cries and asks for mercy…’
Isn’t this the great tragedy, to battle agai-nst God and not to be vanquished?

Simon Weil

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