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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]

29 (B)Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.”

But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “he struggles with God” or “God struggles.”

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