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Genesis 35:10

Israel
Identity and self-worth

8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

9 After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

11 And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
KJV
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
WEB
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.
ASV
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
DARBY
And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.
BLB
And God said to him, “Your name [is] Jacob; your name shall [no] longer be called Jacob, but rather Israel shall be your name.” And He called his name Israel.
ÅB
Og Gud sa til ham: Du heter Jakob; heretter skal du ikke mere hete Jakob, men Israel skal være ditt navn. Slik fikk han navnet Israel.
OTB
Gud sa til ham: «Ditt navn er Jakob, men du skal ikke lenger kalles Jakob; Israel skal være ditt navn.» Så kalte Han ham Israel.
B1930
Og Gud sa til ham: Du heter Jakob; herefter skal du ikke mere hete Jakob, men Israel skal være ditt navn. Således fikk han navnet Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 17:5

    No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

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  • Genesis 32:27–28

    “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

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  • Genesis 17:15

    Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

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  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

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  • 2 Kings 17:34

    To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

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