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Nay, I cannot let Thee go My name is JACOB

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 10, under Genesis 32:27.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 10

METRE

7.7.7.7 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Genesis 32:27 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 stanzas as Newton printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

Nay, I cannot let Thee go

Nay, I cannot let Thee go,

Till a blessing thou bestow;

Do not turn away thy face,

Mine’s an urgent pressing case.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Genesis 32:27. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied. GENESIS 32:27 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ GENESIS 32

Dost thou ask me, who I am? Ah, my LORD, thou know’st my name! Yet the question gives a plea, To support my suit with thee. STANZA II

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Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 10. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 10 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Nay, I cannot let Thee go

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