Genesis 35:9-15

GOD’S WORD Translation

Jacob’s Sixth Encounter with God—His Name Changed to Israel

⁹ Then God appeared once more to Jacob after he came back from Paddan Aram, and he blessed him. ¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. You will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.

¹¹ God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you. ¹² I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.” ¹³ Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him. ¹⁴ So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it. ¹⁵ Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].