Genesis 32:27

Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

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In The King James Version

And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

In Context

26And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

28And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:30But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

Psalms 20:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:25-32

Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. ( b. c. 1739.) 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no… Read the whole commentary →

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