Genesis 32:28
New King James Version
28 And He said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but [a]Israel; for you have (B)struggled with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”
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- Genesis 32:28 Lit. Prince with God
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.
Genesis 35:10
New King James Version
10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (A)your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, (B)but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel.
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Genesis 35:10
New International Version
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.
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- 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.
2 Kings 17:34
New King James Version
34 To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, (A)whom He named Israel,
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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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