101 Myths of the Bible: how ancient scribes - Conscious Evolution TV

yth #57:
Jacob wrestled with a stranger.
The Myth: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched
the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled
with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee
go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast
thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and
said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask
after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place
Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over
Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. Therefore the children of
Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto
this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank. And
Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came…. (Gen. 32:24–33:1)
The Reality: This wrestling story is a corrupted account of the daily struggle
between Horus and Set, a battle between the forces of day and night.
Jacob remained with Laban, his uncle, for twenty years. During that time, he
acquired four wives, eleven sons, and a daughter. ( Jacob fathered a twelfth son after he
returned to Canaan.) At the end of the twenty years, God told Jacob and his family to
return to his native land. On the journey, Jacob decided to pay his respects to Esau and
see if they could come to a peaceful arrangement.
When Jacob arrived near the planned meeting site, he settled his family into a
camp and went off on his own. That evening, a stranger appeared to him and the two
of them wrestled throughout the night. Neither could gain a victory, but the stranger
managed to lame Jacob in the course of the struggle. As morning light appeared, the
stranger offered to break off the fight, but Jacob agreed only on condition that he
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