120. Is there greater wisdom than holy Jacob’s, who saw God face to face and won a blessing? Gen. xxxii. 29, 30. Can there be higher justice than his in dividing with his brother what he had acquired, and offering it as a gift? Gen. xxxiii. 8. What greater fortitude than his in striving with God? Gen. xxxii. 24–26. What moderation so true as his, who acted with such moderation as regards time and place, as to prefer to hide his daughter’s shame rather than to avenge himself? Gen. xxxiv. 5. For being set in the midst of foes, he thought it better to gain their affections than to concentrate their hate on himself.