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Genesis 32 read as the struggle of prayer: the angel is one's idea or ideal, Jacob (the supplanter) the one who wrestles to feel himself it; when he succeeds, the sinew on the hollow of the thigh shrinks, as satisfaction halts desire after the physical creative act.

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Bible wordings
Genesis 32:32 | the sinew which is upon the hollow of man’s thigh shrinks
Own wordings
An angel is a messenger of God
You are wrestling with an idea
As you wrestle with your ideal, trying to feel that you are it

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The Apple of His Eye ¶15
LectureThe Apple of His Eye
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The Value of Dreams ¶4
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He was first called Jacob and then he wrested for himself the new name of Israel – or Is-real.
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The Value of Dreams ¶22
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He was Jacob and he wrestled with an idea until it became real.
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Put On the Lord Jesus Christ ¶8
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Old Testament Is Prophetic Blueprint of the Life of Jesus Christ ¶27
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The Heavenly Vision ¶24
LectureThe Heavenly Vision
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Salvation History, Not Secular History ¶6
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Neville Goddard The Frank Carter Lectures ¶46
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The Gate Of The Year By Freedom Barry ¶49
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Consciousness Is the Only Reality ¶26
LectureConsciousness Is the Only Reality
Who wrestles with the angel? Jacob. And the word Jacob, by definition, means the supplanter.
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Consciousness Is the Only Reality ¶27
LectureConsciousness Is the Only Reality
When the physical creative act is completed, the sinew which is upon the hollow of man’s thigh shrinks, and man finds himself impotent or is halted.
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A Confession of Faith ¶81
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Five Lessons: Questions and Answers ¶12
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In the Book of Genesis the story is told of Jacob wrestling with an angel.
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Invisible ¶4
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Invisible ¶29
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His Name ¶3
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His Name ¶4
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Read Genesis 32, where man once thought the sex act was God. The very act of producing the most sensitive thing in the world is the form of a child.
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Those Who Know Thy Name ¶6
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Those Who Know Thy Name ¶7
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Miracle Imagination Margaret Ruth Broome ¶39
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Miracle Imagination Margaret Ruth Broome ¶40
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Miracle Imagination Margaret Ruth Broome ¶41
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Miracle Imagination Margaret Ruth Broome ¶42
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Miracle Imagination Margaret Ruth Broome ¶44
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Miracle Imagination Margaret Ruth Broome ¶264
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Creative Use Imagination Edited Margaret Ruth Broome ¶58
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Now My Eye Sees Thee ¶13
LectureNow My Eye Sees Thee
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Persistence ¶13
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Persistence ¶14
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Genesis 32:24 (King James Version)
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Genesis 32:25 (King James Version)
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Genesis 32:26 (King James Version)
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Genesis 32:28 (King James Version)
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Genesis 32:30 (King James Version)
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Genesis 32:32 (King James Version)
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