Jacob is on his way back home with both of his wives. He knows that he is going to come face to face with his brother. The brother he swindled, the brother he ran away from. The brother that the last he knew was sworn to kill him.
He has sent his wives and children and animals to the rear of his group and gathered the men who could fight around him. He's waiting for the morning when he will face his brother.
In the midst of this, a stranger appears and Jacob wrestles with him. It turns out that the "person" Jacob is wrestling with is either an archangel or God himself. It's not quite clear.
The upshot of the story is that Jacob is able to face and make peace with Esau - because he had wrestled with God.
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