Study 26 of
"Search The Scriptures” Is:
Genesis 33
1. What is the importance of the title which Jacob
gives to God in verse 20? How has he named Him previously? See 31:5, 42, 53;
32:9 Cf. Ps. 63:1.
2. In the story of this chapter how far did Jacob
live up to his new name Israel? Is it significant that he is still called by
the old name? Recall the terms of his
vow in 28:22. How far does our behaviour match our Christian profession and
express our new nature? Cf. Rom. 7:, 20, 24, 25a.
Note. In other cases of
change of name in Scripture the new replaces the old; so we read of Abraham
instead of Abram, of Peter instead of Simon (but see Jn. 21:15-17), of Paul instead of Saul. But after Peniel the
old name Jacob still occurs seventy times in Genesis, and Israel only forty
times.
