Genesis 32:28

The man renames Jacob 'Israel,' for he has striven with God and men and prevailed. The new name marks a transformed identity and God's blessing.

Cross-references · 21

• Rev 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
• Gen 35:10And 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.
• Isa 62:2–4And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
• Hos 12:3–5He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
• Gen 27:33–36And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
• Gen 17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
• Gen 17:15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
• Isa 65:15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
• Gen 33:4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
• Gen 25:31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
• Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• John 1:42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
• 2 Sam 12:25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
• Gen 31:36–55And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
• 1 Sam 26:25Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
• 2 Kgs 17:34Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
• Gen 31:24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
• Gen 32:24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
• Num 13:16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
• 1 Kgs 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
• Gen 33:20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

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