Genesis 32:29

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Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

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  • Gen 27:28-29 : 28 May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure: 29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples. 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping. 14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
  • Gen 32:26-27 : 26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing. 27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.
  • Judg 13:16-18 : 16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord. 17 Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour? 18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
  • Luke 1:19 : 19 And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

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  • Gen 32:24-28
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    24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

    25 But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.

    26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

    27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

    28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

  • Gen 32:30-31
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    30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

    31 And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.

  • Gen 35:9-10
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    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

    10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

  • Gen 27:35-36
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    35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

    36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

  • Gen 33:10-11
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    10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

    11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

  • Judg 13:18
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    18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

  • Gen 32:9
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    9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Gen 30:31
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    31 And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

  • Gen 46:2
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    2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

  • Gen 33:8
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    8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

  • Gen 27:32-33
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    32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.

    33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

  • Gen 35:15
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    15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Gen 27:22-24
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    22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    23 And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

    24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

  • Gen 30:29
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    29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

  • Gen 48:3
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    3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

  • Gen 32:20
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    20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

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    11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

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    4 Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

    5 And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.

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    15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

  • Gen 28:16
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    16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

  • Gen 48:16
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    16 The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

  • Gen 32:2
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    2 And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

  • Gen 28:19
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    19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.