Genesis 32:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel.”

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.