<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints . Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page . (October 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints . Please improve the article by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on the talk page . (October 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> The account of Jacob wrestling with the angel is found in Genesis 32: 22 - 32 and referenced elsewhere in Hosea 12: 4 . The account includes the renaming of Jacob as "Israel", literally "He who struggles with God ." The account is also regularly described as Jacob wrestling with God . </P> <P> Jacob spent the night alone on a riverside . There, a being described in English Bible translations as a "man", but generally interpreted as an angel or God himself--wrestled with Jacob, even striking him painfully in the hollow of his thigh . Jacob asks the "man" his name, and receives no answer . He names the place where they wrestled Peniel or Penuel . The event occurs during Jacob's journey back to Canaan . </P>

Who fought with the angel in the bible