Genesis 32:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask about my name? And he blessed him there.

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  • Gen 27:28-29 : 28 Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine: 29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants; 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 32:26-27 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. But he said, I will not let you go, unless you bless me. 27 And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, 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 detain me, I will not eat your bread: but if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah did not know that he was an angel of the LORD. 17 And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your words come to pass we may honor you? 18 And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is secret?
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.
  • Luke 1:19 : 19 The angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.

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    24And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

    25And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

    26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. But he said, I will not let you go, unless you bless me.

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

    28And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

  • Gen 32:30-31
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    30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

    31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he limped on his hip.

  • Gen 35:9-10
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    9And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

    10And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.

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

    36And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Gen 33:10-11
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    10And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present from my hand; for therefore I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

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  • Judg 13:18
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    18And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is secret?

  • Gen 32:9
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    9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you:

  • Gen 30:31
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    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

  • Gen 46:2
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    2And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where are you going? and whose are these ahead of you?

  • Gen 33:8
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    8And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

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

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed.

  • Gen 35:15
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    15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

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

    23And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

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

  • Gen 30:29
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    29He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

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    3And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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    20And say moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.

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    11And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here I am.

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    4And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.

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    15And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, What need is there? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

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    16And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.

  • Gen 48:16
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    16The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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    2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's camp: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 28:19
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    19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at first.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.