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27 “What is your name?” the Man asked.

“Jacob,” was the reply.

28 “It isn’t anymore!” the Man told him. “It is Israel—one who has power with God. Because you have been strong with God, you shall prevail with men.”

29 “What is your name?” Jacob asked him.

“No, you mustn’t ask,” the Man told him. And he blessed him there.

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27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”(A) he answered.

28 Then the man said, “Your name(B) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](C) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(D)

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(E)

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(F) Then he blessed(G) him there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.