Genesis 32:24 - 31
24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled
with the man.
26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob, " he answered.
28 Then the man said, "your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggle with God and with men and have overcome."
29 Jacob said, "please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."
31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip."
Further Reading
Jacob's departure from Laban continued - Genesis 31:33 - 55
Jacob's apprehension before his reunion with Esau - Genesis 32:1 - 23
Jacob wrestles with angel - Genesis 32:24 - 32
Jacob's name changed - Genesis 35:10
Jacob meets Esau - Genesis 33:1 - 16
Dinah's defilement - Genesis 34:1 - 12
For Thought
Have you ever stopped everything and said this one thing God - your name? What is your name?Ego?Fear?Resentment?Self - pity?
A new name doesn't come until we say the old one. In other words, confession is catharsis.
Contemplation
"...I will also write on him my new name." (Rev. 3:12). "...rejoice that your names are written in heaven." (Lk. 10:20)
24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled
with the man.
26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob, " he answered.
28 Then the man said, "your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggle with God and with men and have overcome."
29 Jacob said, "please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."
31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip."
Further Reading
Jacob's departure from Laban continued - Genesis 31:33 - 55
Jacob's apprehension before his reunion with Esau - Genesis 32:1 - 23
Jacob wrestles with angel - Genesis 32:24 - 32
Jacob's name changed - Genesis 35:10
Jacob meets Esau - Genesis 33:1 - 16
Dinah's defilement - Genesis 34:1 - 12
For Thought
Have you ever stopped everything and said this one thing God - your name? What is your name?Ego?Fear?Resentment?Self - pity?
A new name doesn't come until we say the old one. In other words, confession is catharsis.
Contemplation
"...I will also write on him my new name." (Rev. 3:12). "...rejoice that your names are written in heaven." (Lk. 10:20)
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