Genesis 32 God covenanted with Jacob's grandfather,

Abraham, that He would bless their family abundantly. Greatest

among these blessings would be the sending of a Messiah through

their family line, One who would redeem the entire world. Yet, God

purposed not only to bring redemption through Jacob, but also to

Jacob. This passage emphasizes that God designs to offer us all of

His grace, but not until He owns all of us, painful though this

will be.