Genesis 32:28
“Jacob will no longer be your name,” said the man. “Instead you will be called Israel, because you fought with God and with men and you won.”
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27“What's your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
Cross References
Genesis 17:5so your name won't be Abram any longer. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I'm going to make you the father of many nations.
Genesis 25:31“First sell me your rights as the firstborn son,” Jacob replied.
Genesis 31:24But during the night God came to Laban in a dream and told him, “Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.”
Genesis 32:24But Jacob stayed there alone. A man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Genesis 33:20He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea Joshua.
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 →