Hosea 12:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² The Lord is bringing charges against Judah.
    He will punish Jacob’s people
    because of how they act.
He’ll pay them back
    for the evil things they’ve done.
³ Even before Jacob was born,
    he was holding on to his brother’s heel.
When he became a man,
    he struggled with God.
⁴ At Peniel he struggled with the angel and won.
    Jacob wept and begged for his blessing.
God also met with him at Bethel.
    He talked with him there.