Genesis 32:28 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Hilary of Poitiers

ON THE TRINITY 5.19 (367)

Be with me now in thy faithful spirit, holy and blessed Patriarch Jacob, to combat the poisonous hissings of the serpent of unbelief. Prevail once more in thy wrestling with the Man, and, being the stronger, once more entreat His blessing. Why pray for what thou mightest demand from thy weaker Opponent? Thy strong arm has vanquished Him Whose blessing thou prayest. Thy bodily victory is in broad contrast to thy soul's humility, thy deeds to thy thoughts.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 27 and 28.) And he said to him: What is your name? He said, Jacob. And he said to him: Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but your name shall be called Israel: for you have wrestled with God, and have prevailed with men. Josephus, in the first book of Antiquities, thinks that Israel was called so because he wrestled with an angel. I carefully examined this, but I could not find it at all in Hebrew. And why should I seek the opinions of individuals, when the one who gave the name explains the etymology himself?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Yet this was not all; having power with God, he shall have power with men too. Having prevailed for a blessing from heaven, he shall, no doubt, prevail for Esau's favour. Note, Whatever enemies we have, if we can but make God our friend, we are well off; those that by faith have power in heaven have thereby as much on earth as they have occasion for.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
יֵאָמֵ֥ר	ye.'a.Mer	it will be called	H559 →
עוֹד֙	'Od	again	H5750 →
שִׁמְךָ֔	shim.Kha	name your	H8034 →
כִּ֖י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
שָׂרִ֧יתָ	sa.Ri.ta	you have struggled	H8280 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֱלֹהִ֛ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
וְעִם־	ve.'im-	and with	H5973 →
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים	'a.na.Shim	people	H582 →
וַתּוּכָֽל׃	va.tu.Khal	and you have prevailed	H3201 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
leads to
- Isaiah 62:2
  Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Isaiah 65:15
  You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
- Revelation 19:12–13
  He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
- Revelation 3:12–13
  The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
- Revelation 2:7
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…
Through
Genesis 35:10
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
leads to
- Genesis 17:5
  No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Genesis 32:27–28
  “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
- Genesis 17:15
  Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.