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26 Then he[a] said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.” But he answered, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 Then he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 And he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:26 That is, the man
  2. Genesis 32:28 “Israel” means “he struggles with God,” or “God struggles”