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Genesis 32:24-29

24But Jacob stayed behind by himself, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.a

25When the man saw that he couldn''t get the best of Jacob as they wrestled, he deliberately threw Jacob''s hip out of joint.

26The man said, "Let me go; it''s daybreak." Jacob said, "I''m not letting you go ''til you bless me."b

27The man said, "What''s your name?" He answered, "Jacob."

28The man said, "But no longer. Your name is no longer Jacob. From now on it''s Israel (God-Wrestler); you''ve wrestled with God and you''ve come through."c

29Jacob asked, "And what''s your name?" The man said, "Why do you want to know my name?" And then, right then and there, he blessed him.

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