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Genesis 32:28

NETBible	“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,¹ “but Israel,² because you have fought³ with God and with men and have prevailed.”
NIV © biblegateway Gen 32:28	Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
NASB © biblegateway Gen 32:28	He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed."
NLT © biblegateway Gen 32:28	"Your name will no longer be Jacob," the man told him. "It is now Israel, because you have struggled with both God and men and have won."
MSG © biblegateway Gen 32:28	The man said, "But no longer. Your name is no longer Jacob. From now on it's Israel (God-Wrestler); you've wrestled with God and you've come through."
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 32:28	And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 32:28	Then the man said, "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed."
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 32:28	And He said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed."
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KJV	And he said <0559> (8799)_, Thy name <08034> shall be called <0559> (8735) no more Jacob <03290>_, but Israel <03478>_: for as a prince hast thou power <08280> (8804) with God <0430> and with men <0582>_, and hast prevailed <03201> (8799)_. {Israel: that is, A prince of God}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 32:28	He said <0559> , "Your name <08034> shall no <03808> longer <05750> be Jacob <03290> , but Israel <03478> ; for you have striven <08280> with God <0430> and with men <0376> and have prevailed <03201> ."
LXXM	(32:29) eipen {V-AAI-3S} de <1161> PRT autw <846> D-DSM ou <3364> ADV klhyhsetai <2564> V-FPI-3S eti <2089> ADV to <3588> T-NSN onoma <3686> N-NSN sou <4771> P-GS iakwb <2384> N-PRI alla <235> CONJ israhl <2474> N-PRI estai <1510> V-FMI-3S to <3588> T-NSN onoma <3686> N-NSN sou <4771> P-GS oti <3754> CONJ eniscusav <1765> V-AAPNS meta <3326> PREP yeou <2316> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ meta <3326> PREP anyrwpwn <444> N-GPM dunatov <1415> A-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	“No <03808> longer <05750> will your name <08034> be Jacob <03290> ,” the man told <0559> him, “but <0518> Israel <03478> , because <03588> you have fought <08280> with <05973> God <0430> and with <05973> men <0376> and have prevailed <03201> .”
HEBREW	lkwtw <03201> Mysna <0376> Mew <05973> Myhla <0430> Me <05973> tyrv <08280> yk <03588> larvy <03478> Ma <0518> yk <03588> Kms <08034> dwe <05750> rmay <0559> bqey <03290> al <03808> rmayw <0559> (32:28) <32:29>

NETBible

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,¹ “but Israel,² because you have fought³ with God and with men and have prevailed.”

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “and he said.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (the man who wrestled with Jacob) has been specified for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²sn The name Israel is a common construction, using a verb with a theophoric element (אֵל, ’el) that usually indicates the subject of the verb. Here it means “God fights.” This name will replace the name Jacob; it will be both a promise and a call for faith. In essence, the Lord was saying that Jacob would have victory and receive the promises because God would fight for him.

³sn You have fought. The explanation of the name Israel includes a sound play. In Hebrew the verb translated “you have fought” (שָׂרִיתָ, sarita) sounds like the name “Israel” (יִשְׂרָאֵל, yisra’el ), meaning “God fights” (although some interpret the meaning as “he fights [with] God”). The name would evoke the memory of the fight and what it meant. A. Dillmann says that ever after this the name would tell the Israelites that, when Jacob contended successfully with God, he won the battle with man (Genesis, 2:279). To be successful with God meant that he had to be crippled in his own self-sufficiency (A. P. Ross, “Jacob at the Jabboq, Israel at Peniel,” BSac 142 [1985]: 51-62).