Genesis 32:29

Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

In Context

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?

30And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:28God give thee the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

Genesis 28:13And the Lord leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.

Genesis 35:10Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

Deuteronomy 29:29Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

1 Kings 18:31And he took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.

1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham beget Isaac: and his sons were Esau and Israel.

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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