Genesis 32:27

So he said to him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

28Then he said, “Your name will be no longer Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with mortals and have won.”

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Cross References

Psalms 20:1The Lord answer you in the day of distress, the name of the Jacob’s God protect you,

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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