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)

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.

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)

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?”

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)