Genesis 17:15
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15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai(A) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.(B)
Genesis 17:15
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15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
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Genesis 32:28
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28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
Genesis 32:28
King James Version
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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Genesis 35:10
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10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,[a] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.[b]”(A) So he named him Israel.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
- Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
Genesis 35:10
King James Version
10 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.
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Genesis 37:3
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3 Now Israel(A) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,(B) because he had been born to him in his old age;(C) and he made an ornate[a] robe(D) for him.(E)
Footnotes
- Genesis 37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.
Genesis 37:3
King James Version
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
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Genesis 37:13
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13 and Israel(A) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.(B) Come, I am going to send you to them.”
“Very well,” he replied.
Genesis 37:13
King James Version
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
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Genesis 43:6
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6 Israel(A) asked, “Why did you bring this trouble(B) on me by telling the man you had another brother?”
Genesis 43:6
King James Version
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
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Genesis 46:2
New International Version
2 And God spoke to Israel(A) in a vision at night(B) and said, “Jacob! Jacob!”
“Here I am,”(C) he replied.
Genesis 46:2
King James Version
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
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1 Kings 18:31
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31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”(A)
1 Kings 18:31
King James Version
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
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2 Kings 17:34
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34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.(A)
2 Kings 17:34
King James Version
34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
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1 Chronicles 1:34
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Descendants of Sarah(A)
1 Chronicles 1:34
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34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
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Nehemiah 9:7
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Nehemiah 9:7
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7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
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Isaiah 48:1
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Isaiah 48:1
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48 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
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John 1:42
New International Version
42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(A) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a]).(B)
Footnotes
- John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
John 1:42
King James Version
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
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