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Genesis 32:27-29
Revised Standard Version
Genesis 32:27-29
Revised Standard Version
27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Tell me, I pray, your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.
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- Genesis 32:28 That is He who strives with God or God strives
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