Dialogue with Trypho 58.7 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:270–272

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Οὐ μή σε ἀποστείλω, ἂν μή με εὐλογήσῃς. Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· Τί τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐστίν; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἰακώβ. Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· Οὐ κληθήσεται τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἰακώβ, ἀλλὰ Ἰσραὴλ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου· ὅτι ἐνίσχυσας μετὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων δυνατὸς ἔσῃ. Ἠρώτησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀνάγγειλόν μοι τὸ ὄνομά σου. Καὶ εἶπεν· Ἵνα τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς τὸ ὄνομά μου; Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ. Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Εἶδος θεοῦ· εἶδον γὰρ θεὸν πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐχάρη ἡ ψυχή μου.

English · Claude translation

“‘But he said: I will not let you go unless you bless me. And he said to him: What is your name? And he said: Jacob. And he said to him: Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and with men you shall be mighty. And Jacob asked and said: Tell me your name. And he said: Why do you ask my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of that place Form of God; for I have seen God face to face, and my soul rejoiced.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:270–272 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Gen 32:26 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 32:27 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 32:28 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 32:29 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 32:30 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

“Form of God” (Εἶδος θεοῦ): the LXX rendering of Peniel. “And my soul rejoiced”: the LXX reads “my soul was preserved.”

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 58.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/58/7/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 58.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/58/7/).