by the heel in the womb] Genesis 25:26. These Histories seem to be alleadged here to reprove Israel for their ingratitude, after so many great benefits of God towards their forefathers; which he reduceth to two heads, figured here in these two histories; one is Jacobs election before Esau his brother; the other, his deliverance from all those evils wherewith God had tried and exercised him. by his strength] Which was given him by Gods grace. A figure of the spirituall strength of faith and the Spirit. had power] Heb. was a Prince; or, behaved himself Princely. Genesis 32:24 &c. with God] With the Sonne of God, who appeared to Jacob in a humane shape; who also by reason of his office of Mediatour, is afterward called Angel, which name is also given to the Sonne of God, Genesis 48:16.