Genesis 32:28
English Standard Version
28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
Genesis 32:28
New International Version
28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
Genesis 35:10
English Standard Version
10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (A)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (B)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.
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Genesis 35:10
New International Version
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.
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- Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
- Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
1 Kings 18:31
English Standard Version
31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, (A)“Israel shall be your name,”
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1 Kings 18:31
New International Version
31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”(A)
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