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10 Then God told him,

“Your name is Jacob.
    No longer are you to be called Jacob.
        Instead, your name will be Israel.”

So God called his name Israel 11 and also told him,

“I am God Almighty.
    You are to be fruitful
        and multiply.
You will become a nation—
    in fact, an assembly of nations!
Kings will come from you—
    they’ll emerge from your own loins!
12 Now as for the land
    that I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I’m giving it to you
    and to your descendants who come after you.
I’m giving the land to you!”

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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.

11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty[c];(B) be fruitful and increase in number.(C) A nation(D) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.(E) 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.(F)(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
  2. Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
  3. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai