Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 32:29
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Genesis32:29
29 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 .
That I may give thee the honour due to it. Art thou a created Angel, or art thou the ever-blessed God?
A question which carries in it both a denial of his request, as Iudg. 13. 17, 18. and a reproof of his curiosity.
In an eminent and peculiar manner, which was a real answer to Iacobs question, and gave him to understand both his name and nature.
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