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28 (A) The man said, “From now on, your name will no longer be Jacob. You will be called Israel,[a] because you have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won.”

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Footnotes

  1. 32.28 Israel: In Hebrew one meaning of “Israel” is “a man who wrestles with God.”

God Blesses Jacob at Bethel

9-11 (A)(B) After Jacob came back to the land of Canaan, God appeared to him again. This time he gave Jacob a new name and blessed him by saying:

I am God All-Powerful, and from now on your name will be Israel[a] instead of Jacob. You will have many children. Your descendants will become nations, and some of the men in your family will even be kings.

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Footnotes

  1. 35.9-11 Israel: See the note at 32.28.

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