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Genesis 32:28 KJV
Genesis · chapter 32 · verse 28 · King James Version
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.Genesis 32:28 · King James Version
Genesis 32:28 in context
26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- powersârâhto prevailH8280 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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