Genesis 32:28
He sayde: thy name shalbe called no more Iacob, but Israel: For as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God, and with men, and hast preuayled.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
27And he sayde vnto hym: what is thy name? He aunswered: Iacob.
Cross References
Genesis 17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
Genesis 25:31And Iacob saide: sell me this day thy byrth ryght.
Genesis 31:24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by nyght, and sayd vnto him: take heede that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.
Genesis 32:24And Iacob was left hym selfe alone: and there wrasteled a man with hym, vnto the breakyng of the day.
Genesis 33:20And he made there an aulter, and called it, the mightie God of 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 →