And Jacob requested, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed Jacob there.
Cross References
Genesis 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
Judges 13:17Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?"
Judges 13:18"Why do you ask my name," said the angel of the LORD, "since it is beyond comprehension?"
Treasury of Scripture
And 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.
Wherefore.
Genesis 32:27
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Judges 13:16-18
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD…
blessed.
Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis 27:28,29
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: …
Genesis 28:3,4,13,14
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …
