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Genesis 32:28

Genesis 32:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Thy name: , , , ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Israel: i.e. a prince of God

as a prince: Or, according to the LXX, Vulgate, Houbigant, Dathe, and Rosenmuller, "because thou hast power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men." There is a beautiful antithesis between the two terms, with ΰμδιν:, Elohim:, God, the Almighty, with ΰπωΡιν:, anashim:, weak, feeble men, as the word imports; seeing thou hast had power with the Almighty, surely thou shalt prevail over perishing mortals.

power: ;

with men: , , , , ; ;

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