Genesis 32:28

New International Version

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:15

God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

Genesis 17:5

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

Genesis 25:31

Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Genesis 32:24

So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

Genesis 32:27

The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.

Genesis 33:20

There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.

Genesis 33:4

But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

Genesis 35:10

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.

2 Samuel 12:25

and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

1 Kings 18:31

Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

1 Chronicles 1:34

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

Proverbs 16:7

When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.

Isaiah 43:1

But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

Isaiah 65:15

You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

Revelation 2:17

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed, David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.