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He said, "Your name will no longer be called `Jacob,` but, `Israel,` for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
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From 'Supplanter' to 'Prince'
Commentators unanimously explain that the name change from Jacob ("supplanter") to Israel ("prince with God") signifies a profound spiritual transformation. This new name was not just an honor but a reflection of a new character. He was no longer defined by his old, crafty, self-reliant nature, but by his new identity as one who has power with God through dependence and prayer.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
Israel. —That is, a prince of God, or, one powerful with God. (See Note on Genesis 17:15.) Esau had given a bad …
Baptist
For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.<…
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16th Century
Protestant
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob. Jacob, as we have seen, received his name from his mother’s womb because he had seized the heel of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel That is, not Jacob o…
Long before daybreak, Jacob, being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While doing so, One in the form of a man wrestled with …
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