Genesis 32:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Iaakob demaded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name; he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? & he blessed him there

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  • Gen 27:28-29 : 28 God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plentie of wheate and wine. 29 Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people, 4 And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede. 14 And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 32:26-27 : 26 And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me. 27 Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things reueiled belong vnto vs, and to our children for euer, that we may doe all the wordes of this Lawe.
  • Judg 13:16-18 : 16 And the Angel of the Lord said vnto Manoah, Though thou make me abide, I will not eate of thy bread, and if thou wilt make a burnt offring, offer it vnto the Lorde: for Manoah knewe not that it was an Angel of the Lorde. 17 Againe Manoah said vnto the Angell of the Lorde, What is thy name, that when thy saying is come to passe, we may honour thee? 18 And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secret?
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath ascended vp to heauen, and descended? Who hath gathered the winde in his fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the endes of the world? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For vnto vs a childe is borne, and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen: and the gouernement is vpon his shoulder, and he shall call his name Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace,
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let vs returne to the Lord: for he hath spoyled, and he will heale vs: he hath wounded vs, and he will binde vs vp.
  • Luke 1:19 : 19 And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, & to shew thee these good tidings.

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  • Gen 32:24-28
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    24Now when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.

    25And he sawe that he could not preuaile against him: therefore he touched the holowe of his thigh, and the holowe of Iaakobs thigh was loosed, as he wrestled with him.

    26And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me.

    27Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.

    28Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.

  • Gen 32:30-31
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    30And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.

    31And the sunne rose vp to him as he passed Peniel, and he halted vpon his thigh.

  • Gen 35:9-10
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    9Againe God appeared vnto Iaakob, after he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him.

    10Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel.

  • Gen 27:35-36
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    35Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken away thy blessing.

    36Then he sayde, Was hee not iustly called Iaakob? for hee hath deceiued mee these two times: he tooke my birthright, and loe, nowe hath he taken my blessing. Also he sayd, Hast thou not reserued a blessing for me?

  • Gen 33:10-11
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    10But Iaakob answered, Nay, I pray thee: if I haue found grace nowe in thy sight, then receiue my present at mine hande: for I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God, because thou hast accepted me.

    11I pray thee take my blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all things: so he compelled him, and he tooke it.

  • Judg 13:18
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    18And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secret?

  • Gen 32:9
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    9Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,

  • Gen 30:31
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    31Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.

  • Gen 46:2
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    2And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by night, saying, Iaakob, Iaakob. Who answered, I am here.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17And he commanded the formost, saying, If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose seruant art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these before thee?

  • Gen 33:8
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    8Then he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? Who answered, I haue sent it, that I may finde fauour in the sight of my lorde:

  • Gen 27:32-33
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    32But his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau.

    33Then Izhak was stricken with a marueilous great feare, and sayde, Who and where is hee that hunted venison, and brought it mee, and I haue eate of all before thou camest? And I haue blessed him, therefore he shalbe blessed.

  • Gen 35:15
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    15And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el.

  • Gen 27:22-24
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    22Then Iaakob came neere to Izhak his father, and he felt him and sayd, The voyce is Iaakobs voyce, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    23(For he knewe him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands: wherefore he blessed him)

    24Againe he sayd, Art thou that my sonne Esau? Who answered, Yea.

  • Gen 30:29
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    29But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

  • Gen 48:3
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    3Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

  • Gen 32:20
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    20And ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.)

  • Gen 31:11
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    11And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob; I answered, Lo, I am here.

  • Gen 29:4-5
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    4And Iaakob sayde vnto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they answered, We are of Haran.

    5Then he sayd vnto them, Know ye Laban the sonne of Nahor? Who said, We know him.

  • Gen 33:15
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    15Then Esau said, I will leaue then some of my folke with thee; he answered, what needeth this? let me finde grace in the sight of my lorde.

  • Gen 28:16
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    16Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, & sayde, Surely the Lorde is in this place, and I was not aware.

  • Gen 48:16
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    16The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.

  • Gen 32:2
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    2And when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 28:19
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    19And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29I am able to do you euill: but the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying, Take heed that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.