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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”

26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”(A)

27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”(B) he answered.

28 Then the man said, “Your name(C) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](D) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.