First name Israel in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: who prevails with God. Related names are: Judah, Moses, David . The translations of Israel in 92 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!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. (GEN 32:28)
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. (GEN 32:32)
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (GEN 33:20)
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. (GEN 34:7)
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. (GEN 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. (GEN 35:10)
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. (GEN 35:21)
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: (GEN 35:22)
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: (GEN 35:22)
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. (GEN 36:31)
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. (GEN 37:3)
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. (GEN 37:13)
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. (GEN 42:5)
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? (GEN 43:6)
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. (GEN 43:8)
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: (GEN 43:11)
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. (GEN 45:21)
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. (GEN 45:28)
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. (GEN 46:1)
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. (GEN 46:2)
And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. (GEN 46:5)
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. (GEN 46:8)
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (GEN 46:29)
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. (GEN 46:30)
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. (GEN 47:27)
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: (GEN 47:29)
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. (GEN 47:31)
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. (GEN 48:2)
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? (GEN 48:8)
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. (GEN 48:10)