28 And said he, (A)Thy name shall be called Jacob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had [a]power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also the praise of the victory.

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

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

34 Unto this day they do after the old manner: they neither fear God, neither do after [a]their ordinances, nor after their customs, nor after the Law, nor after the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob (A)whom he named Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:34 He meaneth this by the Israelites to whom God had given his commandments.

34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.(A)

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