Verse 10
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 17:5 : 5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
- Gen 17:15 : 15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
- Gen 32:27-28 : 27 He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob." 28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
- 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, "Israel shall be your name."
- 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this day they do what they did before: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or the law or the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;