29Jacob asked him, |Please tell me your name.| He said, |Why is it that you ask what my name is?| He blessed him there.


In Context

26 The man said, |Let me go, for the day breaks.| Jacob said, |I won't let you go, unless you bless me.|

27 He said to him, |What is your name?| He said, |Jacob.|

28 He said, |Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.|

29 Jacob asked him, |Please tell me your name.| He said, |Why is it that you ask what my name is?| He blessed him there.

30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, |I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.|

31 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

Genesis 32:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asked [him,] and said, Tell [me,] I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

32:29Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:29Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: And he said, why is it that thou dost ask after my name? and he blessed him there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asketh, and saith, 'Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, 'Why is this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask after my name? And he blessed him there.