Genesis 35 · Verse 10

Genesis 35:10

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.
Genesis 35:10, King James Version

Genesis 35:10 in other translations

BSBAnd God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
WEBGod said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand God saith to him, ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.
DARBYAnd God 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.
BBEJacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.
WebsterAnd God said to 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.

What does Genesis 35:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:6-15

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 ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the…

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Genesis 35:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּֽאמֶר\־vai.yo.mer-and he saidH559
ל֥וֹloto <the> him
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
שִׁמְךָ֣shim.Khaname yourH8034
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.Ko[is] JacobH3290
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִקָּרֵא֩yi.ka.Re'it will be calledH7121
שִׁמְךָ֙shim.Khaname yourH8034
ע֜וֹדodagainH5750
יַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
כִּ֤יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beH1961
שְׁמֶ֔ךָshe.Me.khaname yourH8034
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 35:10

  • Genesis 17:5

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

  • Genesis 32:27-28

    And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  • 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.

  • 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 the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

  • 2 Kings 17:34

    Unto 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;

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17:5,15; 32:27,28; 1Ki 18:31; 2Ki 17:34

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Context

  • Genesis 35:9

    And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan–aram, and blessed him.

  • Genesis 35:10

    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.

  • Genesis 35:11

    And 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;

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Genesis 35:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjole Dios: Tu nombre es Jacob; no se llamará más tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel será tu nombre: y llamó su nombre Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Dieu lui dit: Ton nom est Jacob; ton nom ne sera plus appelé Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. Et il appela son nom Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gott sprach zu ihm: Dein Name ist Jakob; dein Name soll hinfort nicht Jakob heißen, sondern Israel soll dein Name sein. Und er gab ihm den Namen Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		dicens: Non vocaberis ultra Jacob, sed Israël erit nomen tuum. Et appellavit eum Israël,