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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.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And Jacob Jacob Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹ֗ב ya·'a·kov
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asked ask counsel Verb H7592 וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל vai·yish·'al
[him] and said answer Verb H559 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai·yo·mer
Please I beseech thee Interjection H4994 נָּ֣א na
Tell bewray Verb H5046 הַגִּֽידָה־ hag·gi·dah-
[me] I pray thee thy name base Noun H8034 שְׁמֶ֔ךָ she·me·cha,
And he said answer Verb H559 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר vai·yo·mer
Why how long Pronoun H4100 לָ֥מָּה lam·mah
[that] thou dost ask ask counsel Verb H7592 תִּשְׁאַ֣ל tish·'al
your name base Noun H8034 לִשְׁמִ֑י lish·mi;
abundantly abundantly Verb H1288 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ vay·va·rech
there in it Adverb H8033 שָֽׁם׃ sham.

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Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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King James Bible 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.
Hebrew Greek English And Then Jacob asked him, him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And "Please tell me your name." But he said, Wherefore "Why is it that thou dost you ask after my name? name?" And he blessed him there.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And Then Jacob asked him, him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And "Please tell me your name." But he said, Wherefore "Why is it that thou dost you ask after my name? name?" And he blessed him there.