Genesis 35:10

and (he) said, Thou shalt no more be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And (so) God called him Israel,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

9Forsooth God appeared again to Jacob, after that he turned again from Mesopotamia of Syria, and came into Bethel, and blessed him, (And God appeared again to Jacob, after that he had returned from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him,)

11and said to him, I am God Almighty, (and he said to him, I am Almighty God); increase thou, and be thou multiplied, (yea), folks and peoples of nations shall be of thee, (and) kings shall go out of thy loins;

Read all of Genesis 35

Cross References

Genesis 17:5and thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thou shalt be called Abraham, for I have made thee [the] father of many folks (or for I have made thee the father of many nations);

Genesis 32:27Therefore he said, What name is to thee? (And) He answered, Jacob.

1 Kings 18:31And he took twelve stones, by the number of the lineages of the sons of Jacob (or which was the number of the tribes of Jacob), to which Jacob the word of the Lord was made, and said, Israel shall be thy name.

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