...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. 204 PRAYER ENCOURAGEMENT. 205 1 SAM. 1 : 12. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the...

...called no more Jacob," that is, as you remember, a supplanter, " but Israel," that is, a prince, " for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." Here he had power with God, and in the next sermon I hope to shew you how, in consequence thereof,...

...report of his name, to pronounce his purpose of the alteration of it, What is thy name ! XXXII. 28. For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Because thy faith and importunity hath prevailed with God, much more shalt thou prevail with Esau,...

...let thee go, except thou bless me. 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 Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name : and he said, Wherefore is it that thou...

...name ? and he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for ns u prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 1 SAM. 1 : 12. And it came to puss, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth....

...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 Jesus, which means a Saviour,...

...said Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel :" (which means, princely prevailer with God:) for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name : And he said, Wherefore is it, that...

...name, and says, " Thou shalt no longer be called Jacob, but Israel," and mentions the reason for it ; " for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." By names, we indicate persons and things, in order to distinguish them from others. If the thing becomes...

...angel blessed him, and changed his name to Israel, which means ' a prince of God;' 'for,' said he, 'as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.' Now, this is the way we must pray, if we would have our prayers answered. Although the angel had put...

...God of Israel," first, because He had appeared to Jacob, and given him the name of Israel, saying, " As a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed ;" secondly, because He had entered into covenant to be the God of the nation that should descend from...