Genesis 32:29

Jacob asked him, “Tell me, I pray, your name.” He said, “Why do you ask my name?” So he blessed him there.

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In The King James Version

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

In Context

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

30Jacob called the place Penuel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been saved.”

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Cross References

Genesis 27:28May God give you dew from heaven, a share in the earth’s fertile places, and plenty of corn and wine.

Genesis 28:13The Lord also stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, God of Abraham and God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your children.

Genesis 35:10God said to him, “Now your name is Jacob: but your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel.” So he called his name 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 →

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