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He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
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Confessing His Old Self
Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon and Matthew Henry, highlight that the name 'Jacob' means 'supplanter.' When the divine being asks for his name, He is prompting Jacob to confess his identity. This isn't just a name; it represents his entire history of craft, scheming, and self-reliant struggle. This moment of honest self-confrontation is the necessary prelude to his transformation.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to him, what [is] your name ? &c.] Which question is put, not as being ignorant of it, but in order to t…
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 …
