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28 “Your name won’t be[a] Jacob anymore,” the man[b] replied, “but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you’ve emerged victorious.”

29 “Please,” Jacob inquired, “Tell me your name.”

But he asked, “Why are you asking about my name?” And he blessed Jacob[c] there.

30 Jacob would later call that place Peniel,[d] because “I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Lit. be called
  2. Genesis 32:28 Lit. anymore,” he
  3. Genesis 32:29 Lit. him
  4. Genesis 32:30 The Heb. name means facing God