Genesis 32:28
And He says, “Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail.”
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In Context
27And He says to him, “What [is] your name?” And he says, “Jacob.”
Cross References
Genesis 17:5and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;
Genesis 25:31and Jacob says, “Sell your birthright to me today.”
Genesis 31:24And God comes to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and says to him, “Take heed to yourself lest you speak with Jacob from good to evil.”
Genesis 32:24And Jacob is left alone, and One wrestles with him until the ascending of the dawn;
Genesis 33:20and he sets up there an altar, and proclaims at it God—the God of Israel.
Numbers 13:16These [are] the names of the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land; and Moses calls Hoshea son of Nun, 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 →