Verse 29
Genesis 32:29
English Revised Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שִׁמְ/ךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם אֱלֹהִ֛ים וְ/עִם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַ/תּוּכָֽל
English Translation
And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed."
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Chapter 32 Context
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And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God (Elohim) met him.
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And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God (Elohim)’s host: and he called the name of that place M...
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau; Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I...
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and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and menservants ard maidservants: and I have sent to tell my...
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to...
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Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and t...
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and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall esc...
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And Jacob said, O God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, and God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, O LORD, wh...
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I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto t...
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Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he...
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And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot...
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And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brothe...
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two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
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And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servan...
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, W...
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then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behol...
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And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this m...
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and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him...
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So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.
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And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, a...
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And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that he had.
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And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollo...
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And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless...
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And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God (Elo...
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And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that tho...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God (Elohim) face to face,...
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And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he halted upon his thigh.
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Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh,...
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