Genesis 32:28

And the man said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou were strong against God, how much more shalt thou have power against men.

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In The King James Version

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

In Context

27Therefore he said, What name is to thee? (And) He answered, Jacob.

29Jacob asked him, Say thou to me by what name thou art called? He answered, Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful? And he blessed Jacob in the same place. (And Jacob said to him, Tell thou to me by what name thou art called. And he answered, Why askest thou my name? And then he blessed Jacob there.)

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Cross References

Genesis 17:5and thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thou shalt be called Abraham, for I have made thee [the] father of many folks (or for I have made thee the father of many nations);

Genesis 25:31And Jacob said to him, Sell to me the right (s) of the first begotten child. (And Jacob said to him, First sell me thy birthright or First sell me the rights of the first-born child.)

Genesis 31:24And Laban saw in sleep the Lord saying to him, Beware that thou speak not anything sharply against Jacob.

Genesis 32:24(and) Jacob dwelled (there) alone, and, lo! a man (came, and) wrestled with him till to the morrowtide.

Genesis 33:20And when he had raised an altar there, he inwardly called on it the full strong God of Israel. (And when he had raised up an altar there, he called it Elelohe-Israel.)

Numbers 13:16These be the names of [the] men, which Moses sent to behold the land of Canaan; and Moses called Oshea, the son of Nun, Joshua. (These be the names of the men, whom Moses sent to look over the land of Canaan; and Moses called Hoshea, the son of Nun, Joshua.)

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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