What does Genesis 32:28-30 mean? Commentary, explanation and 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.
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:g for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.