God said to Abraham, ‘As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.
Genesis 32:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’ he said. ‘It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.
Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. ‘Watch yourself! ’ God warned him. ‘Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms round him, and kissed him. Then they wept.
God said to him, ‘Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but your name will be Israel.’ So he named him Israel.
and he sent a message through the prophet Nathan, who 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 had come, saying, ‘Israel will be your name’ #– #
They are still observing the former practices to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe the statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments that the Lord had commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he had given the name Israel.
When a person’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Now this is what the Lord says – the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel – ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine.
You will leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you; but he will give his servants another name.
These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
and he brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, he said, ‘You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas’ (which is translated ‘Peter’ ).
‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna. , I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.
Saul said to him, ‘You are blessed, my son David. You will certainly do great things and will also prevail.’ Then David went on his way, and Saul returned home.