Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:26-30

26Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

27And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob."

28Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."

29Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him.

30So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered."

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