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28 Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel.[a] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have won.”

29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”

But the man said, “Why do you ask my name?” Then the man blessed Jacob at that place.

30 So Jacob named that place Peniel.[b] He said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel This name might mean “he fights for God,” “he fights with God,” or “God fights.”
  2. Genesis 32:30 Peniel A name that means “the face of God.”

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