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So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak."
But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
The man asked him, "What is your name?"
"Jacob," he answered.
Then the man said,
"Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,
because you have struggled with God
and with men and have overcome."
Jacob said, "Please tell me your name."
But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?"
Then He blessed him there.
God said to him,
"Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. "
So he named him Israel. And God said to him
"I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number.
A nation and a community of nations will come from you,
and kings will come from your body.
The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you,
and I will give this land to your descendants after you."
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