Genesis 35:10 “And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be…”

Genesis 35:10

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

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel.

Darby Translation

And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and God saith to him, 'Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.

Bible in Basic English

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

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Cross references

“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.”

Genesis 17:5 Genesis 17:15 1 Kings 18:31 2 Kings 17:34 Genesis 32:27 Genesis 32:28

Genesis 17:5 · BSB

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:15 · BSB

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

1 Kings 18:31 · BSB

And 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 17:34 · BSB

To 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.

Genesis 32:27 · BSB

“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

Genesis 32:28 · BSB

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

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