And God said unto him,
Your name is Jacob: your name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Israel. This name signifies one that prevaileth with God; (Challoner) and is more honourable and expressive than that of Jacob. God confirms what had been declared by his angel, chap. xxxii. 28.
