Genesis 32:27

And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

28But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:30But the mother of the child said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. He arose, therefore, and followed her.

Psalms 20:1Unto the end. A psalm for 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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