Genesis 32:29 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 32:29

27 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”

28 And He said, ^a“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but¹ Israel; for you have ^bstruggled with God and ^cwith men, and have prevailed.”

29 Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.” And He said, ^a“Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He ^bblessed him there.

30 So Jacob called the name of the place¹ Peniel: “For ^aI have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

31 Just as he crossed over¹ Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip.

32 Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He¹ touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 32:29

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American Standard Version
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

Amplified® Bible
Then Jacob asked Him, Tell me, I pray You, what [in contrast] is Your name? But He said, Why is it that you ask My name? And [the Angel of God declared] a blessing on [Jacob] there.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob said, "Now tell me your name." "Don't you know who I am?" he asked. And he blessed Jacob.

Darby English Version
And Jacob asked and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

Good News Bible
Jacob said, "Now tell me your name." But he answered, "Why do you want to know my name?" Then he blessed Jacob.

King James Version
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name. But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there."

New International Version
Jacob said, "Please tell me your name."
But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

New King James Version
Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.” And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why do you ask my name?" And he blessed him there.

Revised Standard Version
Then Jacob asked him, "Tell me, I pray, your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, `Why `is' this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there.

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