Genesis 32:28
And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.
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Genesis 17:5Neither shall thy shem any more be called Avram, but thy shem shall be Avraham; for Av hamon Goyim (Father of a multitude of Goyim) have I made thee. + 17:5 Ga 3:29 says, “And if you belong to Moshiach ( Isa 53:10), then you are of the ZERAH of Avraham Avinu, you are yoreshim (heirs) according to the havtachah (promise).”
Genesis 25:31And Ya'akov said, First sell me today thy bechorah (birthright, right of the firstborn).
Genesis 31:24And Elohim came to Lavan HaArami in a chalom halailah, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Ya'akov either tov or rah.
Genesis 32:24And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over [all] that he had.
Genesis 33:20And he erected there a Mizbe'ach, and called it El Elohei Yisroel.
Numbers 13:16These are the shmot of the men which Moshe sent to spy out the land. And Moshe called Hoshea ben Nun Yehoshua. + 13:16 See Zech 6:11-12 on the personal name of Moshiach in prophecy
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 →