Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 07 — Section 1083
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 7
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[3469] v. l. The Form of God, which would refer to the occasion cited below. The reading is grammatically easier, as an accusative is required; but in that case we might have expected the wrestling with the Angel to have been mentioned first, as the name Penuel was given by Jacob on the day following the night in which he wrestled, and received his own change of name. The Benedictines, while retaining House in text and version, express a preference for Form, because the subject of the argument is the Vision of God. [3470] 1 Kings xix. 11, 12. LXX. has a Sound of a Light breeze. [3471]…
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