Genesis 32:29
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29 Then the man said, “You shall no longer be named Jacob, but Israel,[a] because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed.”
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- 32:29 Israel: the first part of the Hebrew name Yisrael is given a popular explanation in the word saritha, “you contended”; the second part is the first syllable of ’elohim, “divine beings.” The present incident, with a similar allusion to the name Israel, is referred to in Hos 12:5, where the mysterious wrestler is explicitly called an angel.
Genesis 35:10
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10 God said to him:
Your name is Jacob.
You will no longer be named Jacob,
but Israel will be your name.(A)
So he was named Israel.
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