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Genesis 32:26-30

Genesis 32:26

Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Genesis 32:27

So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

Genesis 32:28

Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 32:29

And Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”