ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 32:28
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Gen 32:28

32:28 Your name. See note 17:6.

Israel. See text note. The new name indicates that the elect patriarch had matured in his faith.

striven with God. The “man” is implicitly identified as God Himself (v. 30).