Genesis 32:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:f for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. ”

Genesis 32:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob Wrestles in Prayer 3. מחנים machănāyı̂m , Machanaim, “two camps.” 22. יבק yaboq , Jabboq; related: בקק bāqaq “gush or gurgle out” or אבק 'ābaq in niphal, “wrestle.” N...
Genesis 32:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou (k) power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (k) God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also th...
Genesis 32:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Wrestling of Jacob. The narrative, for which Hosea 12:3-5 should be compared. is distributed between J and E by recent critics. Gunkel attributes Genesis 32:23-24 a , Genesis 32:25 a ,...
Genesis 32:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob. Jacob, as we have seen, received his name from his mother’s womb, because he had seized the heel of his brother’s foot, and had attempted to hold h...
Genesis 32:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel - ושראל...
Genesis 32:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For as a prince, &c.— Our translation renders these words of the Angel to Jacob, as if Jacob had prevailed over men as well as over him; whereas he had been so far from prevailing over the only...
Genesis 32:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day - an unknown person appeared suddenly to...
Genesis 32:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Approach of Esau. Jacob Wrestles with the Angel 1. The angels of God] God had given Jacob, by an angelic vision, a pledge of His watchful love, when he left his home ( Genesis 28:12 ). Now tha...
Genesis 32:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 32:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JACOB AT PENIEL Genesis 32:1-32 "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." James 4:10 JACOB had a double reason for wishing to leave Padan-aram. He believed in t...
Genesis 32:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Wrestles and Prevails Genesis 32:13-32 There is a fulsomeness in Jacob's address to Esau, which sounds inconsistent with the noblest manhood and the firmest faith. Why should he speak of...
Genesis 32:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is unquestionably one of the great Chapter s of the Bible, and it is significant how constant and powerful is its appeal to all who live on the principle of faith. It gives the account of the th...
Genesis 32:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No more Jacob, which signifies a supplanter; but Israel, which means a Prince. And do not all the spiritual seed of Jacob change their name when their nature is renewed? Isaiah 62:4 ; Revelation 3:...
Genesis 32:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A NEW NAME ‘No more Jacob, but Israel.’ Genesis 32:28 I. The very twofold name of Jacob and of Israel is but the symbol of the blending of contradictions in Jacob’s character. The life of...
Genesis 32:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel ,.... That is, not Jacob only, but Israel also, as Ben Melech interprets it, or the one as well as the other; or the one rather and mo...
Genesis 32:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Ver. 28. No more Jacob, but Israel. ] That is, not only,...
Genesis 32:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What is thy name? And he said, Jacob That is, a supplanter , as the word signifies. He said , Thy name shall be called no more Jacob Or, as the words should rather be rendered, shall not only...
Genesis 32:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

RETURNING TO FACE ESAU As Jacob continues his journey we are told that the angels of God met him (v.1). It was not God Himself as yet who met him, but the angels were no doubt intended as an encou...
Genesis 32:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. B. C. 1739. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrest...
Genesis 32:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No more Jacob, not Jacob only. See the like manner of expression 1 Samuel 8:7 Jeremiah 23:7 1 Thessalonians 7:16 1 Corinthians 1:17 . Israel signifies a prince or prevailer with God...
Genesis 32:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” And he said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel (isra-el), for you have striven (from the verb sarah) with God and with men a...
Genesis 32:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 32:24 . Wrestled.] The Heb. word only occurs in this place. It seems to be derived from a word signifying “dust,” and the allusion is probably to the dust excited by the...
Genesis 32:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

shall be no more called Jacob Both names are applied to the nation descended from Jacob. When used characteristically "Jacob" is the name for the natural posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...
Genesis 32:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 32 I. God selects men for His work on earth, not because of their personal agreeableness, but because of their adaptation to the work they have to perform. II. There is something affectin...
Genesis 32:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:1 . And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When he left the promised land, he had a vision of angels, ascending and descending upon the ladder, as if to bid him fare...
Genesis 32:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:2 . Mahanaim, two camps or hosts, or the camp of God; a city in Gilead, mentioned in Joshua 13:26 ; Joshua 21:38 ; denoting that the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that...
Genesis 32:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

And He said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed Jacob the prince Some surprise may be felt at first at...
Genesis 32:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone (probably on the north bank of the Jabbok; but vide on Genesis 32:23 ); and there wrestled —thus assaulting in his strong point one w...
Genesis 32:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Struggle at Peniel
Genesis 32:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thy name. Genesis 17:5 Genesis 17:15 Genesis 33:20 Genesis 35:10 Numbers 13:16 2 Samuel 12:25 2 Kings 17:34 Isaiah 62:2-4 Isaiah 65:15 John 1:42 Revelation 2:17 Israel. i.e., a...

Genesis 32:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 32:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 32:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 32:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 32:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 32:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 32:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 32:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 32:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge