Genesis 32:28
The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, which means ‘he struggles with God’, because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
27The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
Cross References
Genesis 17:5And no longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham, which means ‘father of many nations,’ because the people of many nations will descend from you.
Genesis 25:31Jacob said, “I will give you some if you sell me ◄your birthright/the privileges you have because you are the firstborn son►.”
Genesis 31:24Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Genesis 33:20He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, which means ‘God, the God of Israel.’
Numbers 13:16Those are the names of the men whom Moses/I sent out to explore Canaan. Before they left, Moses/I gave Hoshea a new name, Joshua, which means ‘Yahweh is the one who saves.’
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 →