Genesis 35:10

God said to him, “Now your name is Jacob: but your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel.” So he called his name Israel.

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In The 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.

In Context

9God appeared again to Jacob when he came from Paddanaram, and blessed him.

11God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and become numerous; a nation and a multitude of nations will come from you, and kings will descend from you;

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Cross References

Genesis 17:5Neither will your name any longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 32:27So he said to him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16

Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →

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