| F. Ivez Sawyer - Poetry - 2005 - 192 pages
...there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day." Alone, Jacob's name was changed to Israel "...for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." (Genesis 32: 28) Alone, Jacob called this place Pe-ni'-el for he saw God face to face and his life... | |
| Michael Pedrin - Religion - 2005 - 362 pages
...What 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. (Genesis 32:27,28) Jacob was involved in at least two live dramas, which showed his sophisticated cunningness.... | |
| James A. Twentier - Religion - 2005 - 240 pages
...is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 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. This kind of breakthrough change will come to us, not just by death to sin, but something even more... | |
| Richard J. Lane - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 228 pages
...prevails against the angel, is re-named: '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.' The act of naming here is multiple: a subject is named as having 'power with God', but also an entire... | |
| Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2005 - 354 pages
...thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28: 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. 29: And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that... | |
| Gene E Bradley - 2005 - 114 pages
...he said "Jacob," to which the angel responded: "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." Then, and only then, could "the whole man" — now named Israel, a man of integrity — go forth with... | |
| Johanna Eleonora Petersen - Religion - 2007 - 173 pages
...today, and forever" (Heb. 13:8). "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" (Gen. 32:28). "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old" (Prov. 8:22).... | |
| Linda Lee - Religion - 2005 - 206 pages
...32:24-30, Jacob "wrestled a man" whom Jacob later said was God. God then renamed Jacob as Israel because "...as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." The word 'wrestled' - Heb. 79 means "to float away (as vapor)", and wrestle. Jacob had wrestled (ie... | |
| Linda Lee - Religion - 2005 - 206 pages
...32:24-30, Jacob "wrestled a man" whom Jacob later said was God. God then renamed Jacob as Israel because "...as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." The word 'wrestled' - Heb. 79 means "to float away (as vapor)", and wrestle. Jacob had wrestled (ie... | |
| Maria Sullivan - Religion - 2006 - 286 pages
...in need of a name change. The Angel told Jacob, "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. " Later, God reminded Jacob again that his name has been changed (Genesis 35:9), but He doesn't take... | |
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