Question: who wrestled with the angel in the bible
Answer: Jacob

title: Jacob wrestling with the angel
text: Jacob wrestling with the angel Jacob wrestling with the angel is an episode from Genesis (32:22-32; also referenced in Hosea 12:4). The account includes the renaming of Jacob as "Israel" (etymologized as "contends-with-God"). The "angel" in question is referred to as "man" () in Genesis, while Hosea references an "angel" (), but the episode is also often referenced as Jacob's "wrestling with God". In the Genesis narrative, Jacob spent the night alone on a riverside during his journey back to Canaan. He encounters a "man" who proceeds to wrestle with him until daybreak. In the end, Jacob is given the