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10 God said to him,

“Your name is Jacob.
    You shall no longer be called Jacob,
    but Israel shall be your name.”

Thus, he was called Israel.

11 God said to him,

“I am God Almighty.
    Be fruitful and become numerous.
People and assemblies of people shall come from you.
Kings shall come forth from your loins.
12 The country that I have given to Abraham and Isaac
    I will give to you;
and to your descendants after you
    I will give this land.”

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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