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Genesis 32:26-28
Good News Translation
Genesis 32:26-28
Good News Translation
26 The man said, “Let me go; daylight is coming.”
“I won't, unless you bless me,” Jacob answered.
27 “What is your name?” the man asked.
“Jacob,” he answered.
28 (A)The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”[a]
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- Genesis 32:28 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “he struggles with God” or “God struggles.”
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