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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.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[d] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”

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Footnotes

  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
  4. Genesis 32:30 That is The face of God

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