God appeared[a] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (A)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (B)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, (C)“I am God Almighty:[b] be (D)fruitful and multiply. (E)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[c] 12 (F)The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God (G)went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob (H)set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him (I)Bethel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared
  2. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
  3. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins

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