“And a Man wrestled with him till daybreak” (Genesis 32:24)

From the womb Jacob was one who was a grasper. His name means “supplanter” that is “one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.” His name also means “the heel catcher.” When he and his twin brother Esau were still in the womb of their mother Rebekah they jostled with each other, a struggle between the two siblings that was to continue through Jacob’s long and somewhat troubled life. When the babies came out of the womb Jacob was grasping the heel of Esau. Esau was the firstborn and the one who was to receive the birthright.

Now Esau was the father of the Edomites that lived in Edom which today sweeps down from Southern Jordan into Saudi Arabia. In Ezekiel 25:12-14 we are told that Edom includes Teman and Dedan which on ancient maps of the Middle-East were located in Saudi Arabia, the heart of the Muslim world today.

The conflict we see between the descendants of Jacob and Esau continues with the conflict between the Nation of Israel with the Arab nations to this very day…

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