Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
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Bible References
General references
Genesis 17:5
Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 32:27
He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
1 Kings 18:31
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, "Israel shall be your name."
2 Kings 17:34
To this day they do what they did before: they do not fear the LORD, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or the law or the commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;