Genesis 32:29

Then asked Jacob and said, Do, I pray thee, tell me thy name! And he said—Wherefore now, shouldest thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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—Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel,—For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed.

30So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,

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Cross References

Genesis 27:28Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth,—And abundance of corn and new wine:

Genesis 28:13and lo! Yahweh, standing by him,—and he said, I, am Yahweh, God of Abraham thy father and God of Isaac,—The land whereon, thou, art lying, to thee, will I give it and to thy seed;

Genesis 35:10And God said to him, Thy name, is Jacob,—Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob But, Israel, shall be thy name. So he called his name, Israel.

Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things, [belong unto Yahweh our God] and, the things that are revealed, belong to us and to our children unto times age-abiding, that we may do all the words of this law.

1 Kings 18:31unto whom the word of Yahweh came, saying—Israel, shall be thy name;

1 Chronicles 1:34So then Abraham begat Isaac,—the sons of Isaac, were Esau and 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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