28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,”(A) He said. “It will be Israel[a] because you have struggled with God(B) and with men and have prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 In Hb, the name Israel sounds like “he struggled (with) God.”

I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches from secret places,(A)
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name.(B)
I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant(C)
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.

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