Hosea 12:3

Overview - Hosea 12
A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.
By former favours he exhorts to repentance.
Ephraim's sins provoke God.
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Hosea 12:3  (King James Version)
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
 


took
Genesis 25:26 ; Romans 9:11

had, etc
Hebrew was a prince, or, behaved himself princely.
Genesis 32:24-28 ; James 5:16-18