Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Genesis 35:10

Context
NETBible

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel. 1 

XREF

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

NET © Notes

tn Heb “and he called his name Israel.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn The name Israel means “God fights” (although some interpret the meaning as “he fights [with] God”). See Gen 32:28.



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