Save Me, I Pray: Genesis 32:11
Jacob had spent his whole life, even from the womb, grasping, scheming and striving. After having finally escaped from Laban, after twenty years of toil (Gen 31:38, 41) and mutual trickery in exile, he prepares himself for re-entering the promised land.
The Sign in the Flesh: Genesis 17:13
The sign of the Abrahamic Covenant, the sign of circumcision, was “in your flesh” (Gen. 17:13), where it simultaneously marked God’s extraordinary promise and Abraham’s complete impotency.
“Blessed is the one … whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season.”
— Psalm 1:1-3