4. In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he strove with God.
5. Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won; he wept and sought his favor. At Bethel he will find us, and there He will speak with us.
6. Even Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot— Adonai is His memorial-Name.
7. So you should return to your God, keep covenant loyalty and justice, and wait for your God continually.
8. A merchant loves to extort, with deceptive balances in his hand.
9. Now Ephraim has said: “How rich I have become! I found wealth by myself. I won’t be guilty of any sin with any of my property.”
10. “Yet I have been Adonai your God, since the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the moed.