| Bible - 1837 - 328 pages
...go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? and he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as !i prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 1 SAM. 1 : 12. And it came to... | |
| Gottfried Daniel KRUMMACHER - 1838 - 260 pages
...combatant Jacob, and see whether we can learn of him how to strive aright. GENESIS XXXII. 28. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel ; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. WE recently considered the question put by the Lord, "What is thy name?"... | |
| John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...prince with God, because Jacob " by his strength had power with God," Hos. xii. 3. Wherefore God said, " Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel, for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed," Gen. xxxii. 28. 2. Names were also given by a spirit of prophecy, as... | |
| 1839 - 68 pages
...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, but 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... | |
| Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1839 - 616 pages
...go except thou bless me. And he said unto him, what is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob but Israel ; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.— And he blessed him there." Having thus prevailed with God, and obtained... | |
| Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1839 - 636 pages
...go except thou bless me. And he said unto him, what is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob but Israel ; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. — And he blessed him there." Having thus prevailed with God, and obtained... | |
| Henry Blunt - 1839 - 360 pages
...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, but 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... | |
| New Church preacher - 1839 - 784 pages
...enquiry as to his name, or quality of truth—What is thy name ? and he said, Jacob. It is then added, " Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel, for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." Here, in the internal sense, we are further instructed that when the... | |
| John Scott - 1839 - 554 pages
...go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with Ood and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.... | |
| 1839 - 498 pages
...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,... | |
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