Genesis 32:27

And He says to him, “What [is] your name?” And he says, “Jacob.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26and He says, “Send Me away, for the dawn has ascended”: and he says, “I do not send You away, except You have blessed me.”

28And He says, “Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail.”

Read all of Genesis 32

Cross References

2 Kings 4:30And the mother of the youth says, “YHWH lives, and your soul lives—if I leave you”; and he rises and goes after her.

Psalms 20:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH answers you, || In a day of adversity, || The Name of the God of Jacob sets you on high,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 32:27