And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.

And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

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

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.

Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.

And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?

Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:

And the children of Israel did as he said; and Joseph gave them carts as had been ordered by Pharaoh, and food for their journey.

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.

And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son;

And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.

And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.

Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.

And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

Come near, O sons of Jacob, and give ear to the words of Israel your father.

A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

Dan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.