Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
He had power over the Angel - Who represented the invisible Jehovah.
He wept, and made supplication - He entreated with tears that God would bless him; and he prevailed. The circumstance of his weeping is not mentioned in Genesis.
He found him in Beth-el - It was there that God made those glorious promises to Jacob relative to his posterity. See Genesis 28:13-15.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Hosea 12:4:
Genesis 32:24
Genesis 32:24
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