 | Leicester Ambrose Sawyer - 1862 - 208 pages
...unless you bless me. And he said to him, What is your name ? And he said, Jacob ; and he said to him, Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have prevailed with gods, and you shall prevail with men. Then Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray you,... | |
 | Harriet Morton (novelist.) - 1881 - 256 pages
...go, except Thou bless me.' And the Angel said, ' What is your name ? ' And he answered, 'Jacob.' And He said, ' Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel ;' that means, 'A prince of God;' 'for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.'... | |
 | Gene M. Tucker - 1976 - 100 pages
...you go, unless you bless me." 27And he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." 28Then he said, "Your name shall no more be called Jacob,...Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed." -'Then Jacob asked him, "Tell me, I pray, your name." But he said, "Why is it that... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - 1975 - 264 pages
...unless you bless me.' And he said to Jacob, 'What is your name?' And he answered, 'Jacob.' The angel said, 'Your name shall no more be called Jacob but Israel, for you have conducted yourself as a prince with angels from before the Lord, and with men,18 and have prevailed... | |
 | John White - 1977 - 172 pages
...not let you go, unless you bless me." And he said to him, "What is your namet" and he said, "Jacob." Then he said, "Your name shall no more be called Jacob,...Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him, "Tell me, I pray, your name." But he said, "Why is it that you... | |
 | Tzvee Zahavy - 1977 - 344 pages
...(Gen. 17:15)." The first name was removed and the second was established. T. Similarly he expounded, "Then he said, 'Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel (Gen. 32:28).'" The first name was established and the second was added to him. Mekh. Pis. 16, ed.... | |
 | Robert McLachlan Wilson - 1978 - 194 pages
...from God the name "Israel", because he has striven with God (mir "strive"): 10 "You shall no longer be called Jacob but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed". Even though in the sayings of Balaam Jacob and Israel are used collectively, we can... | |
 | 2006 - 342 pages
...you go. 27 unless you bless me." And he said to him, "What is your name?" And 2« he said, "Jacob." Then he said, "Your name shall no more be called Jacob,...Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and 29 have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him, "Tell me. I pray, your name." But he said. "Why is it that... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann - 1982 - 412 pages
...let you go unless you bless me" (v. 26). (2) The man: "What is your name?" Jacob: "Jacob." The man: "Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed" (vv. 28-29). (3) Jacob: "Tell me, I pray, your name. " The man: "Why is it that you... | |
 | Denise Lardner Carmody, John Carmody - 1986 - 242 pages
...common ancestor. In Genesis 32:28 Jacob's name is changed to Israel, after his wrestling with the angel: "Then he said, 'Your name shall no more be called...Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed. ' " The etymology of this word is uncertain, but the usual scholarly conjecture is... | |
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Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go, unless you bless me." And he said to him, "What is your name? 
