Genesis 32:28-29 NLT,NIV,ESV

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 32:28

Thy name: Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:15, Genesis 33:20, Genesis 35:10, Numbers 13:16, 2 Samuel 12:25, 2 Kings 17:34, Isaiah 62:2-Numbers :, Isaiah 65:15, John 1:42, Revelation 2:17 Israel: i.e. a prince of God as a prince: Or, according to the LXX, Vulgate, Houbigant, Dathe, and Rosenmuller, "because thou hast power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men." There is a beautiful antithesis between the two terms, with אלהים, Elohim, God, the Almighty, with אנשים, anashim, weak, feeble men,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 32:29

Wherefore: Genesis 32:27, Deuteronomy 29:29, Judges 13:16-Job :, Job 11:7, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 1:19 blessed: Genesis 32:26, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:14, Hosea 6:1 Reciprocal: Exodus 3:13 - What is his name Numbers 6:27 - and I will Judges 13:6 - his name Judges 13:18 - Why askest Proverbs 18:10 - the righteous Hosea 12:4 - angel John 21:12 - durst Revelation 19:12 - a name read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 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.Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? — What good will it do thee to know that? The discovery of that was reserved for his death-bed, upon which he was taught to call him Shiloh. But instead of telling him his name, he gave him his blessing, which was the thing he wrestled for; he blessed him there, repeated and ratified the blessing formerly... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:28

28. No more Jacob, but Israel No more the supplanter; no more the self-seeker, filled with all artifice, and cunning, and deceit . This was the grand crisis and turning-point in Jacob’s life and history . Hereafter he shall be called Israel, princely contender with God . This was the new name by which the chosen people should be chiefly known among themselves, and in their sacred books . Israel, rather than Hebrews, and rather than Jews, shall be their covenant name . The word is... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:29

29. Tell me… thy name In the loftiest attainments of soul-struggle with God this is the profoundest prayer that can be uttered . It is a rising above human desires, a ceasing even to ask for blessings, and a yearning to know the sacred name. It is equivalent to, Reveal to me thy nature; or, as in Exodus 33:18, “Show me thy glory . ” Such was Manoah’s prayer . Judges 13:17. But he learned that he might not ask too deeply after the Wonderful, פלא . He blessed him there In what... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 32:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 32:29

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 32:29

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:28

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32:29

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