Genesis 35:10

וַיֹּֽאמֶר ־ לוֹ אֱלֹהִים שִׁמְךָ יַעֲקֹב לֹֽא ־ יִקָּרֵא שִׁמְךָ עוֹד יַעֲקֹב כִּי אִם ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

9וַיֵּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל ־ יַעֲקֹב עוֹד בְּבֹאוֹ מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתֽוֹ ׃

11וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אֱלֹהִים אֲנִי אֵל שַׁדַּי פְּרֵה וּרְבֵה גּוֹי וּקְהַל גּוֹיִם יִהְיֶה מִמֶּךָּ וּמְלָכִים מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ יֵצֵֽאוּ ׃

Read all of Genesis 35

Cross References

Genesis 17:5וְלֹא ־ יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת ־ שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם וְהָיָה שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם כִּי אַב ־ הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם נְתַתִּֽיךָ ׃

Genesis 32:27וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלְּחֵנִי כִּי עָלָה הַשָּׁחַר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ כִּי אִם ־ בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי ׃

1 Kings 18:31וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים כְּמִסְפַּר שִׁבְטֵי בְנֵֽי ־ יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר ־ יְהוָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶֽךָ ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 35:10