Genesis 32:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Cross References

Genesis 17:15

And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

Genesis 17:5

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

Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Genesis 32:24

Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

Genesis 32:27

Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

Genesis 33:20

And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

Genesis 33:4

Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.

Genesis 35:10

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

2 Samuel 12:25

And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.

1 Kings 18:31

And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

2 Kings 17:34

So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

1 Chronicles 1:34

And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

Isaiah 43:1

But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

Isaiah 65:15

And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.

John 1:42

And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas which is to say, Peter.

Revelation 2:17

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.