Genesis 32:27

Contemporary English Version 1995

Then the man asked, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.

Cross References

Genesis 32:26

They kept on wrestling until the man said, “Let go of me! It's almost daylight.” “You can't go until you bless me,” Jacob replied.

Genesis 32:28

The man said, “From now on, your name will no longer be Jacob. You will be called Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won.”

2 Kings 4:30

But the boy's mother said to Elisha, “I swear by the living Lord and by your own life that I won't leave without you.” So Elisha got up and went with them.

1 Chronicles 4:10

One day he prayed to Israel's God, “Please bless me and give me a lot of land. Be with me so I will be safe from harm.” And God did just what Jabez had asked.

Psalm 20:1

I pray that the Lord will listen when you are in trouble, and that the God of Jacob will keep you safe.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob escaped to Syria where he tended sheep to earn himself a wife.