Maimonides taught that when Scripture reports an angel's appearance or speech, it reports a vision or dream, whether Scripture expressly states this or not. This, Maimonides held, was the case when reports with regard to Jacob, “And a man wrestled with him.” Maimonides concluded that this took place in a prophetic vision, as states that the “man” was an angel. Maimonides noted that the circumstances in are exactly the same as those in the vision of Abraham in , where Scripture starts with the general statement of , “And the Lord appeared to him . . . ,” and follows with a detailed description. Similarly, Maimonides taught, the account of Jacob's vision begins in , “And the angels of God met him.” Scripture then follows with a detailed description of how it came to pass that they met him. Maimonides argued that the “man” of was one of the angels mentioned in , “And angels of God met him.” Maimonides concluded that the wrestling and speaking occurred entirely in Jacob's prophetic vision.