<P> 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" (אִישׁ) in Genesis, while Hosea references an "angel" (מַלְאָךְ), but the episode is also often referenced as Jacob's "wrestling with God". </P> <P> 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 name "Israel" and blessed, while the "man" refuses to give his own name . Jacob names place where they wrestled or Penuel (פְּנוּאֵל "face of God" or "facing God"). </P> <P> The Masoretic text reads as follows: </P>

Who wrestled with the angel all night long