Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”
Genesis 32:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The Man] asked him, What is your name? And [in shock of realization, whispering] he said, Jacob [supplanter, schemer, trickster, swindler]! American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. Common English Bible He said to Jacob, “What’s your name?” and he said, “Jacob.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore he said, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob. |
Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”
Then he said, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So his name was called Israel.
Then the mother of the child said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that thou wouldst bless me and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from harm so that it might not hurt me!” And God granted what he asked.
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
(Jacob fled to the land of Aram, there Israel did service for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep.)