28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.

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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  1. Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
  2. Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.

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

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The nations(A) will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name(B)
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
You will be a crown(C) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
No longer will they call you Deserted,(D)
    or name your land Desolate.(E)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](F)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(G) in you,
    and your land will be married.(H)

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  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

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)

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33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?(A) I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!(B)

34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry(C) and said to his father, “Bless(D) me—me too, my father!”

35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully(E) and took your blessing.”(F)

36 Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob[a]?(G) This is the second time he has taken advantage of(H) me: He took my birthright,(I) and now he’s taken my blessing!”(J) Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”

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  1. Genesis 27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

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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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(A)
    as a man he struggled(B) with God.
He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(C)
    and talked with him there—
the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!(D)

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

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

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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)

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42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(A) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a]).(B)

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  1. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.

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

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25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.[a](A)

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means loved by the Lord.

25 Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed,(A) David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.”

So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

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

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20 There he set up an altar(A) and called it El Elohe Israel.[a]

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  1. Genesis 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.

24 So Jacob was left alone,(A) and a man(B) wrestled with him till daybreak.

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36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged(A) you that you hunt me down?(B) 37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household?(C) Put it here in front of your relatives(D) and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.(E)

38 “I have been with you for twenty years now.(F) Your sheep and goats have not miscarried,(G) nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. 39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen(H) by day or night.(I) 40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.(J) 41 It was like this for the twenty years(K) I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters(L) and six years for your flocks,(M) and you changed my wages(N) ten times.(O) 42 If the God of my father,(P) the God of Abraham(Q) and the Fear of Isaac,(R) had not been with me,(S) you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands,(T) and last night he rebuked you.(U)

43 Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks.(V) All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne? 44 Come now, let’s make a covenant,(W) you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”(X)

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.(Y) 46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,(Z) and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](AA)

48 Laban said, “This heap(AB) is a witness between you and me today.”(AC) That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah,[b](AD) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50 If you mistreat(AE) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness(AF) between you and me.”(AG)

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap,(AH) and here is this pillar(AI) I have set up between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,(AJ) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap(AK) and pillar to my side to harm me.(AL) 53 May the God of Abraham(AM) and the God of Nahor,(AN) the God of their father, judge between us.”(AO)

So Jacob took an oath(AP) in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.(AQ) 54 He offered a sacrifice(AR) there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal.(AS) After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters(AT) and blessed(AU) them. Then he left and returned home.[c](AV)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
  2. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.
  3. Genesis 31:55 In Hebrew texts this verse (31:55) is numbered 32:1.

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

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31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.(A)

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