Genesis 35:9-11

EasyEnglish Bible

⁹ After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again. God blessed Jacob. ¹⁰ He said to Jacob, ‘Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.’ So God gave the name Israel to Jacob.^[a]

¹¹ Then God said to him, ‘I am Almighty God. Give birth to many children so that your descendants become very many. They will become many nations and some of them will be kings.