Genesis 32:29 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 32:29

And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Tell me, I pray thee, thy name - It is very likely that Jacob wished to know the name of this angel, that he might invoke him in his necessities: but this might have led him into idolatry, for the doctrine of the incarnation could be but little understood at this time; hence, he refuses to give himself any name, yet shows himself to be the true God, and so Jacob understood him; (see Gen 32:28); but he wished to have heard from his own lips that name by which he desired to be invoked and worshipped.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But that request was denied, that he might not be too proud of his conquest, nor think he had the angel at such an advantage as to oblige him to what he pleased. No, " 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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3219: “'He Blessed Him There'” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1910)

JACOB had said to the Angel, "Tell me, I pray You, Your name." In answer to that enquiry, he was gently rebuked. The Angel did not come to ratify Jacob's curiosity, but He came as a messenger from God with a blessing—"and He blessed him there." There are a great many things we would like to know when we read the Bible. But if we read it so as to find salvation, that will be much better than having our curiosity gratified.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל	vai.yish.'Al	and he asked	H7592 →
יַעֲקֹ֗ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַגִּֽידָה־	ha.gi.dah-	tell !	H5046 →
נָּ֣א	na'	please	H4994 →
שְׁמֶ֔ךָ	she.Me.kha	name your	H8034 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לָ֥מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
זֶּ֖ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
תִּשְׁאַ֣ל	tish.'Al	do you ask	H7592 →
לִשְׁמִ֑י	lish.Mi	to name my	H8034 →
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ	vay.Va.rekh	and he blessed	H1288 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
שָֽׁם׃	Sham	there	H8033 →

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
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
leads to
- Luke 2:11
  Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Jeremiah 23:5–6
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Matthew 1:23
  “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
Through
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
leads to
- Job 5:18
  For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
  See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
- 1 Samuel 2:6
  The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.