God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
Genesis 32:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans and have prevailed.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob [supplanter], but Israel [contender with God]; for you have contended and have power with God and with men and have prevailed. [Hos. 12:3-4.] American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Common English Bible Then he said, “Your name won’t be Jacob any longer, but Israel, because you struggled with God and with men and won.” Catholic Public Domain Version But he said, "Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men? |
God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”
But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall you be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he was called Israel.
and sent a message by the prophet Nathan, so he named him Jedidiah because of the Lord.
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name”;
To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They do not worship the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.
You shall leave your name to my chosen to use as a curse, and the Lord God will put you to death, but to his servants he will give a different name.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.
He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.
Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.