10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (A)your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, (B)but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel.

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No longer shall (A)your name be called [a]Abram, but your name shall be [b]Abraham; (B)for I have made you a father of [c]many nations.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Lit. Exalted Father
  2. Genesis 17:5 Lit. Father of a Multitude
  3. Genesis 17:5 a multitude of

27 So He said to him, “What is your name?”

He said, “Jacob.”

28 And He said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but [a]Israel; for you have (B)struggled with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Lit. Prince with God

15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but [a]Sarah shall be her name.

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  1. Genesis 17:15 Lit. Princess

31 And 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, (A)“Israel shall be your name.”

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34 To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, (A)whom He named Israel,

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