The Lord heard Jacob’s prayer and came to Him in person to bless Him. The wrestling match was to teach Jacob not ever to let go of the God He trusted.
BibleGateway: Genesis 32:22-32 ESV Text: Genesis 32:22-32 Genesis 32:22–32 (Listen) Jacob Wrestles with God 22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,1 and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail…