40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 28

₂₄but he stayed behind, alone.

Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak. ₂₅When the man saw that he was not winning the struggle, he struck Jacob on the hip, and it was thrown out of joint. ₂₆The man said, “Let me go; daylight is coming.”

“I won't, unless you bless me,” Jacob answered.

₂₇“What is your name?” the man asked.

“Jacob,” he answered.

₂₈The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel.”

₂₉Jacob said, “Now tell me your name.”

But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.

₃₀Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.