Genesis 35:9-15
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Jacob Is Named Israel
9 Then God [in a visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Paddan-aram, and declared a blessing on him.(A) 10 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 [a]Israel. 11 And God said to him,
“I am [b]God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a company of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall be born of your [c]loins.
12
“The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac
I will give to you,
and to your descendants after you I will give the land.”
13 Then God ascended from Jacob in the place where He had spoken with him. 14 Jacob set up a pillar (memorial, monument) in the place where he had talked with God, a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering [of wine] on it; he also poured oil on it [to declare it sacred for God’s purpose]. 15 So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (the House of God).
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 35:10 “He who strives with God” or “God strives” or “Prince of God.”
- Genesis 35:11 Heb El Shaddai, the sufficient and powerful One.
- Genesis 35:11 The midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips. Often a euphemism for the human genitals.
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