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Genesis 32:29
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Genesis 32:29
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Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
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Genesis 32:29 in Other Translations
KJV
29
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.
ESV
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Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him.
NLT
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“Please tell me your name,” Jacob said. “Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
MSG
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Jacob asked, "And what's your name?" The man said, "Why do you want to know my name?" And then, right then and there, he blessed him.
CSB
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Then Jacob asked Him, "Please tell me Your name." But He answered, "Why do you ask My name?" And He blessed him there.
Genesis 32:29 In-Context
27
The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.
28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”
29
Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
30
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
31
The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.
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3
1.
Exodus 3:13
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Exodus 6:3
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Judges 13:17
2.
Judges 13:18
3.
Genesis 25:11
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Genesis 35:9
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Genesis 48:3
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