Genesis 32:27
New International Version
The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.

New Living Translation
“What is your name?” the man asked. He replied, “Jacob.”

English Standard Version
And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

Berean Standard Bible
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

King James Bible
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

New King James Version
So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”

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

NASB 1995
So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

NASB 1977
So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

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

Amplified Bible
So He asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

Christian Standard Bible
“What is your name? ” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What is your name?” the man asked.” Jacob,” he replied.”

American Standard Version
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to him, “What is your name?”, and he said, “Yaquuv”.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.

Contemporary English Version
Then the man asked, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.

English Revised Version
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the man asked him, "What's your name?" "Jacob," he answered.

Good News Translation
"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he answered.

International Standard Version
Then the man asked him, "What's your name?" "Jacob," he responded

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be said: 'Jacob.'

Literal Standard Version
And He says to him, “What [is] your name?” And he says, “Jacob.”

Majority Standard Bible
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

New American Bible
“What is your name?” the man asked. He answered, “Jacob.”

NET Bible
The man asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob."

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

New Heart English Bible
And he said to him, "What is your name?"He said, "Jacob."

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

World English Bible
He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto him, 'What is thy name?' and he saith, 'Jacob.'

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Context
Jacob Wrestles with God
26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied. 28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”…

Cross References
Genesis 32:26
Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed."


Treasury of Scripture

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Genesis 32
1. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3. His message to Esau.
6. He is afraid of Esau's coming.
9. He prays for deliverance.
13. He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.
24. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.
31. He halts.














Verse 27. - And he said unto him, What is thy name? (not as if requiring to be informed, but as directing attention to it in view of the change about to be made upon it) And he said, Jacob - i.e. Heel-catcher, or Supplanter (vide Genesis 25:26).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is your name?”
שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ (šə·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

the man asked.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Jacob,”
יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

he replied.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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