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God Appears Again to Jacob

God appeared again to Jacob after he had arrived from Paddan-aram[a] and blessed him. 10 Then God told him,

“Your name is Jacob.
    No longer are you to be called Jacob.
        Instead, your name will be Israel.”

So God called his name Israel 11 and also told him,

“I am God Almighty.
    You are to be fruitful
        and multiply.
You will become a nation—
    in fact, an assembly of nations!
Kings will come from you—
    they’ll emerge from your own loins!
12 Now as for the land
    that I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I’m giving it to you
    and to your descendants who come after you.
I’m giving the land to you!”

13 After this, God ascended from the place where he had been speaking to him. 14 Jacob erected a pillar of stone at that very place where God had spoken to him. He poured a drink offering over it, anointed it with oil, 15 and named the place where God had spoken to him Beth-el.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:9 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia

And God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-Aram, and he blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” Then his name was called Israel. 11 And God said to him, “I am El-Shaddai.[a] Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assemblage of nations shall be from you, and kings shall go out from your loins. 12 And as for the land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I will give it to you. And to your descendants after you I will give the land. 13 And God went up from him at the place where he spoke with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar at the place where God had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured out a drink offering upon it, and poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:11 Possibly “God Almighty,” but more likely “God of the Wilderness”