Genesis 32:29
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
And 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.
Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
And 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Wherefore
- Genesis 32:27; Deuteronomy 29:29; Judges 13:16–18; Job 11:7; Proverbs 30:4; Isaiah 9:6; Luke 1:19
- blessed
- Genesis 32:26; Genesis 27:28, 29; Genesis 28:3, 4, 13, 14; Hosea 6:1