Genesis 32:28

Genesis 32:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”

Context of Genesis 32:28

26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” 29Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. 30So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

Genesis 32:28 word by word

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שִׁמְךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִ֛ים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַתּוּכָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• no more Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• but Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• for as a prince hast thou powerשָׂרָהώârâh · to striveH8280
• with Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and with menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• and hast prevailedיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201

Cross-references for Genesis 32:28

• Genesis 17:5No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
• Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.
• Genesis 35:10God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.
• Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)
• 2 Samuel 12:25and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
• 2 Kings 17:34To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
• Isaiah 62:2The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
• Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.
• John 1:42And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
• Revelation 2:17Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
• Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
• Hosea 12:3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.
• Genesis 25:31Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”
• Genesis 27:33Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!”
• Genesis 31:24Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
• Genesis 33:4But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

Commentaries on Genesis 32:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel - ושראל Yisrael, from שר sar, a prince, or שרה sarah, he ruled as a prince, and אל el, God; or rather from איש ish, a man, (the א aleph being dropped), and ראה raah, he saw, אל el, God; and this corresponds with the name which Jacob imposed on the place, calling it פניאל peniel, the faces of God, or of Elohim, which faces being manifested to him caused him to say, Genesis 32:30, פנים אל פנים אלהים ראיתי…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-32Verses 1-32 - Jacob Wrestles in Prayer 3. מחנים machănāyı̂m Machanaim, “two camps.” 22. יבק yaboq Jabboq; related: בקק bāqaq “gush or gurgle out” or אבק 'ābaq in niphal, “wrestle.” Now Wady Zurka. 29. ישׂראל yı̂śrā'ēl Jisrael, “prince of God.” 31. פניאל penı̂y'ēl = פנוּאל penû'ēl Peniel, Penuel, “face of God.” After twenty years spent in Aram, Jacob now returns to Kenann. As his departure was marked by a great moment in his spiritual life, so he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 24-32 A great while before day, Jacob being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While thus employed, One in the likeness of a man wrestled with him. When the spirit helpeth our infirmities, and our earnest and vast desires can scarcely find words to utter them, and we still mean more than we can express, then prayer is indeed wrestling with God. However tried or discouraged, we shall prevail; and prevailing with Him in prayer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28Jacob: See study note on 25:26. Israel (“God fights”): God first fought with him, but now God would fight for him. Jacob’s name promised hope for him and his descendants. you have struggled with God and with men: Throughout his life, Jacob tried to get God’s blessing using his own skills and by any means necessary. He understood the importance of the blessing but was too self-reliant and proud to accept it freely. He had been fighting God long before this…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel--The old name was not to be abandoned; but, referring as it did to a dishonorable part of the patriarch's history, it was to be associated with another descriptive of his now sanctified and eminently devout character.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 32:28

• God
• Israel
• Jacob
• Jesus, the Christ
• Name
• Power
• Prayer
• Religion

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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Deal
• Mercy

Commentaries on Genesis 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings