Professor Everett Fox of Clark University translated : “For said to himself: I will wipe [the anger from his face with the gift that goes ahead of my face; afterward, when I see his face, perhaps he will lift up my face!” British author Karen Armstrong wrote that Fox's translation preserved the “insistent diction” of the Hebrew, directing the reader to Jacob's imminent wrestling match, when Jacob would see God “face to face” (in the words of ), and implying that the “faces” of God, Jacob, and Esau were all the same. Armstrong argued that by facing his brother, Jacob confronted the “face” of God, but also confronted himself. Jacob came to terms not only with his wronged brother, but with Jacob's inner Esau, the alter ego that Jacob hated and had tried to discard. Armstrong concluded that only by confronting the subconscious aspects of his personality that filled his waking self with fear and disgust could Jacob heal his internal conflict and experience God's healing power.