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28 (A)The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”[a]

29 (B)Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.”

But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.

30 Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “he struggles with God” or “God struggles.”
  2. Genesis 32:30 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “the face of God.”

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