Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.
Verse Takeaways
1
God Gives Needs, Not Wants
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, note that God denied Jacob's request for a name but gave him the blessing he truly needed. This illustrates a key principle of faith: God prioritizes our essential needs over our curiosities. He may not answer every question we have, but He will provide the grace, strength, and blessing necessary for our journey.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Genesis
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
13
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.
…
Baptist
For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.<…
Consider supporting our work
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob asked [him], and said, tell [me], I pray you, your name Being asked his own…
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 …
Get curated content & updates
