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Genesis 35:10
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Genesis 35:10
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10 saying, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.”[a] So God renamed him Israel.
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- 35:10 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
Genesis 35:10
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Genesis 35:10
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10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,[a] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.[b]”(A) So he named him Israel.
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- Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
- Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
Genesis 17:5
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Genesis 17:5
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5 What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations.
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- 17:5 Abram means “exalted father”; Abraham sounds like a Hebrew term that means “father of many.”
Genesis 17:5
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Genesis 17:5
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5 No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](A) for I have made you a father of many nations.(B)
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- Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
- Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.
Genesis 32:27-28
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Genesis 32:27-28
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27 “What is your name?” the man asked.
He replied, “Jacob.”
28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel,[a] because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
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- 32:28 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
Genesis 32:27-28
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Genesis 32:27-28
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27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”
“Jacob,”(A) he answered.
28 Then the man said, “Your name(B) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](C) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(D)
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
Genesis 17:15
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Genesis 17:15
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Sarai Is Named Sarah
15 Then God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.[a]
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- 17:15 Sarai and Sarah both mean “princess”; the change in spelling may reflect the difference in dialect between Ur and Canaan.
Genesis 17:15
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Genesis 17:15
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15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai(A) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.(B)
2 Kings 17:34
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2 Kings 17:34
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34 And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the Lord and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.
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2 Kings 17:34
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2 Kings 17:34
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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.(A)
1 Kings 18:31
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1 Kings 18:31
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31 He took twelve stones, one to represent each of the tribes of Israel,[a]
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- 18:31 Hebrew each of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the Lord had said, “Your name will be Israel.”
1 Kings 18:31
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1 Kings 18:31
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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.”(A)
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