Question

1. what was jacobs answer? genesis 32:26
2. therefore, what do we know that jacob realized about his visitor? genesis 32:30
3. on whom was jacob now depending for the solution to his problem? (think)
4. what did the visitor first do for jacob? genesis 32:27-28

jacob means supplanter, deceiver, trickster. israel means a prince of god.

1. what does this change of name seem to indicate had happened to jacob?

compare genesis 32:28 with genesis 27:36

1. after this, what else did the visitor do? genesis 32:29

e. jacob’s meeting with easu. read genesis 33:1-3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+33&version=niv

1. what did jacob do when he saw esau approaching? genesis 33:1-3
2. what four things did esau do when he saw jacob coming? genesis 33:4
3. then what did they both do? genesis 33:4
4. read the conversation which followed: genesis 33:5-15. did esau accept jacobs gift?

Answer:

To answer these questions, we refer to the relevant Bible verses (Genesis chapters 32 - 33) and analyze the text:

Question 5: What was Jacob’s answer? (Genesis 32:26)

From Genesis 32:26 (NIV): “But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’”
Jacob’s answer was that he would not let the visitor go unless the visitor blessed him.

Question 7: What did Jacob realize about his visitor? (Genesis 32:30)

Genesis 32:30 (NIV): “So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.’”
Jacob realized he had seen God (the visitor was God) face to face.

Question 8: On whom was Jacob now depending?

After his encounter, Jacob recognized the divine nature of the visitor. He now depended on God (the visitor) for the solution to his problem (reconciliation with Esau, safety, and blessing).

Question 9: What did the visitor first do for Jacob? (Genesis 32:27 - 28)

Genesis 32:27 - 28 (NIV): “The man asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘Jacob,’ he answered. Then the man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.’”
The visitor (God) first changed Jacob’s name to Israel.

Question 10: What does the name change indicate? (Compare Genesis 32:28 and 27:36)

• Genesis 27:36: Esau laments Jacob’s deception (“He has deceived me...”). Jacob’s original name means “supplanter/deceiver.”
• Genesis 32:28: His new name “Israel” means “prince of God” (or “he struggles with God”).

The name change indicates Jacob’s spiritual transformation: he went from a deceiver to someone who struggled with (and was blessed by) God, signifying a new identity and divine favor.

Question 11: What else did the visitor do? (Genesis 32:29)

Genesis 32:29 (NIV): “Then the man said, ‘Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.’ So he named him Israel.” (After changing his name, the visitor also blessed him implicitly, and in some translations, the text notes the visitor blessed him, but the key action here is the name change + blessing. More directly, the visitor also blessed him, and in 32:29, the visitor gives him the name Israel and blesses him.)

Section E: Jacob’s Meeting with Esau

Question 1: What did Jacob do when he saw Esau? (Genesis 33:1 - 3)

Genesis 33:1 - 3 (NIV): “Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children into groups, putting the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear... He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.”
Jacob divided his family into groups (to protect them) and bowed down to Esau seven times as he approached.

Question 2: What four things did Esau do? (Genesis 33:4)

Genesis 33:4 (NIV): “But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.”
Esau ran to meet Jacob, embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him (and they wept).

Question 3: What did they both do? (Genesis 33:4)

From the same verse: “And they wept.”
They both wept (after embracing and kissing).

Question 4: Did Esau accept Jacob’s gift? (Genesis 33:5 - 15)

Genesis 33:10 (NIV): “Please accept the gift I have brought to you, for to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.”
Genesis 33:11 - 13: Esau initially refuses, saying he has enough, but Jacob insists, and Esau finally accepts the gift (Genesis 33:15: “Esau said, ‘Let me leave with you some of the men who are with me.’ But Jacob said, ‘No, please, if I have found favor in your eyes, accept what I have brought to you, and let me go on my way past you to take care of my flocks in the land of Seir.’” Esau accepts the gift and lets Jacob go.)

These answers are derived from close reading of the specified Bible passages and analyzing the actions, dialogue, and symbolism (e.g., name change).