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But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him marked him for his own.

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Izaak Walton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1593
Born: August 9
Died: 1683
Died: December 15
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Stafford
Staffordshire
Isaak Walton
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Jacob
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