 | Thomas Robbins - 1820 - 186 pages
...he was repeatedly worshipped. When he wrestled with Jacob, he says to him, " Let 'me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. — 'And he blessed him there." Jacob prayed with an earnestness, a determination, which would not be denied. And... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1820 - 264 pages
...him. And he said, let me go, for the day breaketh ; and he said, I will not let thee go, except thoti bless me. And he said unto him, what is thy name ? and he said, Jacob. Ami he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel ; for as a prince hast thou -power... | |
 | 1820 - 562 pages
...at that time such a spirit of grace and supplication, when they wrestled all night like Jacob, and said, ' I will not let thee go except thou bless me ;' and thus they went ou in their work. And when, in our native country, so raauy objections were made to... | |
 | J. Hough - 1821 - 330 pages
...prayer,for He sent an angel, who wrestled with Jacob, and permitted him to prevail: upon which the angel said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but...as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men also shalt thou prevail. Jacob divided his flock into several parts, and sent some before him, with... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pages
...said, Let me go, for the day breaketh ; And he said, I will not lei thee go, except thou bless me : 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power... | |
 | George Hay (bp. of Daulis.) - 1822 - 402 pages
...When Jacob wrestled with an angel, he prayed to that angel to bless him, and prayed so earnestly, that he said " I will not let thee go, except thou bless me ;" and the angel did bless him, and then said, " If thou bast been strong against God, how much more shall... | |
 | 1879 - 1042 pages
...etc." On quitting the chamber of death, my mind was unspeakably comforted by that Scripture : "Ai » prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." ' The period between the loss of two of her fellow-labourers in the Gospel, and that of a still dearer... | |
 | Whitlock Nicol - 1823 - 356 pages
...hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him ; and he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh ; and he said, I will not let thee go, except...Israel *, for as a prince hast thou power with GOD, and hast prevailed b. And Jacob asked him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1823 - 362 pages
...wrestled with and blessed Jacob, and whom he saw there, is styled el (God). Ver. 28: " And he (the angel) said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but...power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." 503 As Jacob in wrestling with the angel, shewed him his power and prevailed, he was called Israel,... | |
 | Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - 1823 - 530 pages
...and declared he would not let him go, except he blessed him. See the graciousness of the answer : " As a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." "And he blessed him there." The Lord softened the fierce heart of Esau to kindness ; and Jacob found what... | |
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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. 
