28 Han sade: "Du skall inte längre heta Jakob utan Israel,[a] ty du har kämpat med Gud och med människor och segrat."

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Mosebok 32:28 Israel betyder "han kämpar med Gud" (jfr Hos 12:4f).

28 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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28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.