Genesis 32:29 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | 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.

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”

Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

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Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. This seems opposed to what was stated above, for I have recently said that when Jacob sought a blessing, i…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And Jacob asked [him], and said, tell [me], I pray you, your
name
Being asked his own…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Long before daybreak, Jacob, being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While doing so, One in the form of a man wrestled with …

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