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26 Then he said, ‘Let me go, for the day is breaking.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go, unless you bless me.’ 27 So he said to him, ‘What is your name?’ And he said, ‘Jacob.’ 28 Then the man[a] said, ‘You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with humans,[c] and have prevailed.’

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Heb he
  2. Genesis 32:28 That is The one who strives with God or God strives
  3. Genesis 32:28 Or with divine and human beings

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