Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
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27And he said unto him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
Cross References
Exodus 32:10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that yours hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Psalms 67:6Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Song of Solomon 3:4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Isaiah 45:11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command all of you me.
Hosea 12:4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;
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 →