6425. 'By the hands of the powerful Jacob' means received from the almighty power of the Lord's Divine Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hands' as power, dealt with immediately above in 6424, and in the highest sense, in which the Lord is the subject, as almighty power, 878, 3387, 4592, 4933 (end); and from the meaning of 'the powerful Jacob' as the Lord's Divine Natural, thus His Divine Human, 1893, 3305, 3576, 3599, 4286, 4538, 6098, 6185, 6276. That the Lord is the One who is meant by 'the powerful Jacob' is also evident in David,
He who swore to Jehovah made a vow to the powerful Jacob, If I enter the tent of my house . . . until I find a place for Jehovah, the dwelling-places of the powerful Jacob. Ps 132:2, 3, 5.
And in Isaiah,
That all flesh may know that I Jehovah am your Saviour and your Redeemer, the powerful Jacob. Isa 49:26.
In the same prophet,
Hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen. I will pour out My spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your sons. This one will say, I am Jehovah's, and that one will call himself by the name of Jacob, and another will write with his hand, Jehovah's, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Isa 44:1-3, 5.
In the highest sense 'Israel' too means the Lord, in Hosea,
When Israel was a boy I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. Hosea 11:1.
The fact that it is the Lord who is meant here by 'Israel' is clear in Matthew,
Joseph went with the boy into Egypt, so that what had been said by the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt have I called My son. Matt 2:14, 15.
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