God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her by the name Sarai. Rather, Sarah is her name.
Genesis 35:10 - Tree of Life Version God said to him: “Your name was Jacob. No longer will your name be Jacob, for your name will be Israel.” So He named him Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Again God said to him, Your name is Jacob [supplanter]; you shall not be called Jacob any longer, but Israel shall be your name. So He called him Israel [contender with God]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will be Jacob no longer. No, your name will be Israel.” And he named him Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "You will no longer be called Jacob, for your name shall be Israel." And he called him Israel, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel. |
God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her by the name Sarai. Rather, Sarah is her name.
No longer will your name be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, because I make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Then He said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but rather Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and you have overcome.”
Elijah took twelve stones—like the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Adonai had come saying, “Israel shall be your name”—
Up to this day, they follow their former customs. Nor do they fear Adonai, or follow the statutes, the ordinances, the Torah or the mitzvot that Adonai commanded the children of Jacob—whom He had renamed Israel.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he strove with God.