Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 12:4
Hosea 12:4. Yea, he had power over the angel, &c.— Concerning this translation, see the notes on Genesis 32:0. Houbigant reads the last clause of the verse, And there he spake with him: even Jehovah God of Hosts, Hosea 12:5.: therefore the angel with whom Jacob wrestled—the angel of the covenant—is Jehovah God of Hosts. He wept— He had wept. Of weeping, Archbishop Newcome says, "we read nothing in Genesis 32:0." Certainly we read nothing of Jacob's weeping upon the occasion of the wrestling... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 12:4
"Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication unto him: he found him at Bethel, and there he spake with us.""Yea, he had power over the angel ..."; Genesis 32:34 has, "There wrestled a man with him"; and some have tried to make a contradiction out of this; but that very passage makes the supernatural identity of the wrestler absolutely certain. The fact of his being introduced first as "a man" is exactly in harmony with the way angels were usually introduced in... read more