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Now that Jacob had come back from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again at Bethel and blessed him.

God: 10 Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be known as Jacob. Israel will be your name.

From then on, God addressed him by his new name: Israel.

God: 11 I am the God-All-Powerful.[a] Be fruitful and multiply. You will give rise to a great nation; indeed nation after nation will come from you. Kings and rulers shall be numbered among your descendants.

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Footnotes

  1. 35:11 Hebrew, El Shaddai

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