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Genesis 32:28-30
Good News Translation

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.

30 Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.[b]

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  1. Genesis 32:28 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “he struggles with God” or “God struggles.”
  2. Genesis 32:30 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “the face of God.”
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Genesis 32:28-30
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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)

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(D)

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(E) Then he blessed(F) him there.

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[b] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(G) and yet my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
  2. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
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