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Gen 32:28 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Thy name		Gen 17:5,15; Gen 33:20; Gen 35:10; Num 13:16; 2Sa 12:25; 2Ki 17:34; Isa 62:2-4; Isa 65:15; Jhn 1:42; Rev 2:17
Israel		"i.e., a prince of God. as a prince. Or, according to the LXX., Vulgate, Houbigant, Dathe, and Rosenmuller, ""because thou hast power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men."" There is a beautiful antithesis between the two terms, with [Elohim] Elohim, god, the Almighty, with [anashim] anashim, weak, feeble men, as the word imports; seeing thou hast had power with the Almighty, surely thou shalt prevail over perishing mortals."
power		Gen 32:24; Hsa 12:3-5
with men		Gen 25:31; Gen 27:33-36; Gen 31:24,36-55; Gen 33:4; 1Sa 26:25; Pro 16:7

Correlating Passages

Thy name

	Gen 17:5	Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
	Gen 17:15	And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].
	Gen 33:20	And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
	Gen 35:10	And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
	Num 13:16	These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
	2Sa 12:25	And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
	2Ki 17:34	Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
	Isa 62:2	And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
	Isa 62:3	Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
	Isa 62:4	Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
	Isa 65:15	And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
	Jhn 1:42	And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
	Rev 2:17	He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].

power

	Gen 32:24	And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
	Hsa 12:3	He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
	Hsa 12:4	Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;
	Hsa 12:5	Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.

with men

	Gen 25:31	And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
	Gen 27:33	And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.
	Gen 27:34	And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father.
	Gen 27:35	And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
	Gen 27:36	And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
	Gen 31:24	And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
	Gen 31:36	And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
	Gen 31:37	Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
	Gen 31:38	This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
	Gen 31:39	That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.
	Gen 31:40	[Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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	Gen 33:4	And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
	1Sa 26:25	Then Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
	Pro 16:7	When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 32:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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