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Two ordered restrained allusive views: left two distant fully clothed adult silhouettes grapple without weapons by riverside, faces unreadable; right empty Bethel-like stone marker with damp cloak and tear-wet cloth nearby. No God portrait, wings, halos or invented angel costume.
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Hosea 12:5

Striving and Seeking Favor

Return with Love and Justice · Hosea 12

Story guide: Prophetic illustration grounded in the verse; national designations and metaphors are not newly narrated events.

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5He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. At Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us—

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