28 Then he said, i“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for jyou have striven with God and kwith men, and have prevailed.”
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Genesis 35:10
And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.
2 Kings 17:34
To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the LORD, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
Hosea 12:3–4
In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
He met God at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
Genesis 33:4
But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
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