 | 1839 - 68 pages
...10. How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Ps. Ixxxii. 2. 17. And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Gen. Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1839 - 348 pages
...Jacob, by the change of his name, the astonishing nature of the conflict in which he had been engaged. He said, " Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...Israel, for as a prince hast thou power with GOD and with men, and hast prevailed." My Christian brethren, the time will not allow me to dwell at any length... | |
 | 1839 - 500 pages
...wrestling with the angel, he prevailed. The name signifies a prince with God, or prevailing with God. " And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel ; for as a prince hast thou power witli God and with men, and hast prevailed" (Gen. xxxii. 28). Jacob was at the time in deep distress,... | |
 | Michael Pedrin - 2005 - 362 pages
...name to Israel, indicates God's displeasure of all his deceptive acts. It is written: And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he...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... | |
 | Eric Lounsbery - 2005 - 270 pages
...the angel (not at Beth-el, which was the former scene, but at Peniel), we read, that "the angel said, What is thy name? and he said, Jacob: and he said,...Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with man, and hast prevailed." [Gen. 32:28.] Thus again, to add one example more, we are told in the... | |
 | Richard J. Lane - 2005 - 228 pages
...with its Biblical intertext; in Genesis 32: 28, Jacob, who prevails against the angel, is re-named: 'And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...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... | |
 | James A. Twentier - 2005 - 238 pages
...Israel, a prince was born. Gen 32:27-28 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...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... | |
 | Benjamin Baruch - 2005 - 370 pages
...people: "34 The name Israel was first given to Jacob after He wrestled with the Lord and prevailed "And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. "35 We know that God let Jacob prevail, much as a father plays with His... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 702 pages
...except thou bless me." 32:27 And he said unto him, "What (is) thy name?" And he said, "Jacob." 32:28 And he said, "Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." 32:29 And Jacob asked (him), and said, "Tell (me), 1 pray thee, thy... | |
 | Johanna Eleonora Petersen - 2007 - 168 pages
...from idolatry" (1 Cor. 10:14). "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever" (Heb. 13:8). "And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,...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... | |
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