| 918 pages
...is thy name ? and he said, Jacob ; and he said thy name shall be called no more Jacoh, but Israel, for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." In Scripture, the name indicates the nature of the office ; here the change of a name denoted the exaltation... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 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, (jen. xxxii. 24—28. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto... | |
| Andrew Fuller - Baptists - 1825 - 432 pages
...Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel ; (that is, a prince of God :) 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... | |
| John Jones - Christian biography - 1826 - 612 pages
...name, (Gen. xxxii, 28.) Thy name shall be no more called Jacob, (that is, Jacob only,) but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast prevailed. This is the true interpretation of his name, Princeps cum Deo, a prince with God. He prevailed with... | |
| 1826 - 1036 pages
...thy name? And he said, Jacob. n 18 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: o 6 39 And Jacob asked him, and laid, Tell au, I pray thee, thy name : And he «aid, Wherefore û it... | |
| John Jones (perpetual curate of Cradley, Worcs.) - 1826 - 616 pages
...name, (Gen. xxxii, 28.) Thy name shall be no more called Jacob, (that is, Jacob only,) but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast prevailed. This is the true interpretation of his name, Princeps cum Deo, a prince with God. He prevailed with... | |
| John STEWART (Curate of Sporle.) - Bible stories, English - 1827 - 416 pages
...him. He did so ; and told him, that in future his name should be called not only Jacob, but Israel ; ' for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.' In the early ages of the world, it was the will of Providence to remedy the defects and difficulties... | |
| Bernard Whitman - Bible - 1827 - 214 pages
...is thy name, and he said Jacob. — 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. And Jacob asked him, and said tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, 'wherefore is it that thou... | |
| Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 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. And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to... | |
| Edward Irving - Incarnation - 1828 - 716 pages
...breaking of the day, and was not prevailed against, wherefore he was called no more Jacob but Israel; "for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." Even so Jesus, being left alone, wrestled, I may say, with God, from the time that he said upon the... | |
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