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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 – 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Abraham b…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Thy name shall not be called any more Jacob. We have previously given the meaning of these words. The former name is not abolished, but th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And God said to him, your name [is] Jacob Which his parents gave him at his birth, and by which he had been always called…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinan…

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