Genesis 32:28
1599 Geneva Bible
28 And said he, (A)Thy name shall be called Jacob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had [a]power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men.
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- Genesis 32:28 God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also the praise of the victory.
Genesis 32:28
New International Version
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)
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
2 Kings 17:34
1599 Geneva Bible
34 Unto this day they do after the old manner: they neither fear God, neither do after [a]their ordinances, nor after their customs, nor after the Law, nor after the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob (A)whom he named Israel,
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- 2 Kings 17:34 He meaneth this by the Israelites to whom God had given his commandments.
2 Kings 17:34
New International Version
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)
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