Genesis 32:28-29 NLT,NIV,ESV

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:1-32

Genesis 32:0 I. God selects men for His work on earth, not because of their personal agreeableness, but because of their adaptation to the work they have to perform. II. There is something affecting in the way in which guilty persons invoke the God of their fathers. Conscious that they deserve nothing at the hands of God, they seek to bring down on themselves the blessing of the God of their father and mother. III. When a man is overtaken in his transgression, and all his wickedness seems to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:28

Genesis 32:28 Some surprise may be felt at first at the term prince being applied to the patriarch Jacob; for whatever good qualities distinguish his character, we hardly regard him as possessing princely ones. He has the quiet virtues of resignation, meekness and caution, but we hardly attribute to him that spirit and mettle, that vigorous temper and fire, which belong to the princely character. Yet when we consider Jacob we find that he had virtues which lie at the foundation of the royal and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:29

Genesis 32:29 God blessed Jacob at Peniel because he asked to be blessed, and his desire for it constituted at once his worthiness and his capacity. He began the blessing by the agony of prayer, and he completed it with the discipline of sorrow. I. Life being itself a blessing, and to one who believes in God and hopes for Him the greatest of all blessings, God makes it a yet greater blessing by ordaining for it a fixed plan. II. God does not expect perfect characters to fulfil His purpose. He... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 32:28

shall be no more called Jacob Both names are applied to the nation descended from Jacob. When used characteristically "Jacob" is the name for the natural posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; "Israel" for the spiritual part of the nation. See Isaiah 9:8. The "word" was sent to all the people, "Jacob," but it "lighted upon Israel," i.e. was comprehended by the spiritual part of the people. See "Israel" Genesis 12:2; Genesis 12:3. (See Scofield "Genesis 12:3- :") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:1-32

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two?Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone and as he gives a heavy-duty charge to Jacob saying, "you take care of my girls and my grandkids. And if you do anything wrong, may God watch over you and take care of you".And so Laban departed with his host and returned back to Padanaram.And Jacob [chapter thirty-two] went on his way, and the angels... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 32:1-32

Genesis 32:2. Mahanaim, two camps or hosts, or the camp of God; a city in Gilead, mentioned in Joshua 13:26; Joshua 21:38; denoting that the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him. Psalms 34:7. Genesis 32:4. My lord Esau. Jacob salutes his brother as a prince, but he says nothing of the birthright. That being the gift of God, must not be given to another. Genesis 32:6. Four hundred men. A rabbi remarks here, that Laban followed Jacob with some shame, but that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 32:28

Genesis 32:28And 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 prevailedJacob the princeSome surprise may be felt at first at the term prince being applied to the patriarch Jacob; for whatever good qualities distinguish his character, we hardly regard him as possessing princely ones.He has the quiet virtues of resignation, meekness and caution, but we hardly attribute to him that spirit and mettle, that vigorous... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 32:29

Genesis 32:29Tell me, I pray Thee, Thy nameThe great questionThis is the question of all questions.For the name of God denotes His nature and His essence, the sum of all His properties and attributes. I. It is a question worth the asking. There is a despair of religious knowledge in the world, as though in God’s rich universe, theology, which is the science of God Himself, were the one field in which no harvest could be reaped, no service of sacred knowledge gained. II. The knowledge of God is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 32:28

Gen 32:28 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. Ver. 28. No more Jacob, but Israel. ] That is, not only, or not so much Jacob as Israel. Both these names he had given him, of striving and struggling. All God’s Israel are wrestlers by calling, Eph 6:12 and, "as good soldiers of Jesus Christ," must "suffer hardness". 2Ti 2:3 Nothing is to be "seen in the Shulamite, but as the appearance of two... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 32:29

Gen 32:29 And 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. Ver. 29. And he blessed him there. ] That was a better thing to Jacob than to answer his curious request of knowing the angel’s name. So when the disciples asked our Saviour, Act 1:6 "Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" "It is not for you to know the times," saith he, "but ye shall receive the Holy... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:1-32

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:28

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:29

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 32:28

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 32:1-32

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 32:1-32

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 32:28

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 32:29

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 32:28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 32:29

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