Genesis 35:9-15

International Children’s Bible

Jacob’s New Name

⁹ When Jacob came back from Northwest Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again. And God blessed him. ¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. But you will not be called Jacob any longer. Your new name will be Israel.” So he called him Israel. ¹¹ God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings. ¹² I gave Abraham and Isaac land. I will give that same land to you and your descendants.” ¹³ Then God left him. ¹⁴ Jacob set up a stone on edge in that place where God had talked to him. And he poured a drink offering and olive oil on it to make it special for God. ¹⁵ And Jacob named the place Bethel.