Genesis 35:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.”
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“And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and God saith to him, `Thy name <FI>is<Fi> Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 35:10 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:5No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Genesis 17:15Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
- Genesis 32:27“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
- Genesis 32:29And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
- 1 Kings 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
- 2 Kings 17:34To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
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