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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 32:28 - 32:28
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Thy name: Gen 17:5, Gen 17:15, Gen 33:20, Gen 35:10; Num 13:16; 2Sa 12:25; 2Ki 17:34; Isa 62:2-4; Isa 65:15; Joh 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 אלהים, Elohim, God, the Almighty, with אנשׁים, 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; Hos 12:3-5
with men: Gen 25:31, Gen 27:33-36, Gen 31:24, Gen 31:36-55, Gen 33:4; 1Sa 26:25; Pro 16:7