Genesis 35:10

What does Genesis 35:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 35:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and God saith to him, `Thy name <FI>is<Fi> Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

AndGod said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

Context

v.9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

v.10This passage

v.11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 17:15

    And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • Genesis 32:27

    And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Genesis 17:5

    Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

  • 2 Kings 17:34

    Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

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