Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Genesis 32:24
I used to work in a lumber yard. I was strong then. I used to be able to carry 80# bags of Redi Mix and stacks of lumber on my shoulder without a second thought. Just about everyone I worked with there in the yard was strong. One day, as my team closed up the yard for the evening, two of the guys decided to wrestle during the last half hour of our day (we had very few customers at that time of day). So, these two started wrestling. They grappled and squeezed and wrestled, trying to gain the advantage over the other. It was funny to watch them as they neared the end of the match. The two men leaned on each other with their arms resting on each others shoulders. It ended up a draw, and the two wrestlers limped to a stack of lumber and collapsed in exhaustion. And that was just about a half hour match.
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