Genesis 32:28 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | 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.

Commentaries

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

Thy name shall be called no more Jacob. Jacob, as we have seen, received his name from his mother’s womb because he had seized the heel of…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And he said, your name shall be called no more Jacob, but
Israel
That is, not Jacob o…

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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