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NET Bible

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name." So God named him Israel.

New American Standard Bible

God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob;
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called him Israel.

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.

Holman Bible

God said to him:

Your name is Jacob;
you will no longer be named Jacob,
but your name will be Israel.


So He named him Israel.

International Standard Version

Then God told him, "Your name is Jacob. No longer are you to be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel."

A Conservative Version

And God said to 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.

American Standard 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.

Amplified

Again God said to him,

“Your name is Jacob;
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”


So he was called Israel.

Bible in Basic English

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

Darby Translation

And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

And God will say to him, Thy name, Jacob: shall no more be called thy name Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he will call his name Israel.

King James 2000

And God said unto him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And God said to him, "Your name [is] Jacob. Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." Then his name was called Israel.

Modern King James verseion

And God said to him, Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be called Jacob any more, but Israel shall be your name. And He called his name Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and said unto him, "Thy name is Jacob. Notwithstanding thou shalt be no more called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name." And so was his name called Israel.

New Heart English Bible

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

And God said to him, Thy name, is Jacob, - Thy name shall no longer he called Jacob But, Israel, shall be thy name. So he called his name, Israel.

Webster

And God said to 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.

World English Bible

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

Youngs Literal Translation

and God saith to him, 'Thy name is Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

is Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

shall not be called
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

but Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

and he called
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

References

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Context Readings

Jacob Goes Back To Bethel

9 God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him. 10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name." So God named him Israel. 11 Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation -- even a company of nations -- will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

Cross References

Genesis 17:5

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:15

Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

Genesis 32:27-28

The man asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob."

1 Kings 18:31

Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, "Israel will be your new name."

2 Kings 17:34

To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

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