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• "Your name will no longer be Jacob," the man told him. "It is now Israel,* because you have struggled with both God and men and have won."2 - Genesis 32:28



• That is why even today the people of Israel don't eat meat from near the hip, in memory of what happened that night. - Genesis 32:32



• and said, "Your name is no longer Jacob; you will now be called Israel."*3 - Genesis 35:10



• These are the kings who ruled in Edom before there were kings in Israel*:2 - Genesis 36:31



• So the people of Israel settled in the land of Goshen in Egypt. And before long, they began to prosper there, and their population grew rapidly. - Genesis 47:27



• So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: "The people of Israel will use your names to bless each other. They will say, `May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.' " In this way, Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. - Genesis 48:20



• "Come and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father. - Genesis 49:2



• Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; cursed be their wrath, for it is cruel. Therefore, I will scatter their descendants throughout the nation of Israel. - Genesis 49:7



• "Dan will govern his people like any other tribe in Israel. - Genesis 49:16



• But his bow remained strong, and his arms were strengthened by the Mighty One of Jacob, the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel. - Genesis 49:24



• These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and these are the blessings with which Jacob* blessed his twelve sons. Each received a blessing that was appropriate to him.3 - Genesis 49:28



• Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, "When God comes to lead us back to Canaan, you must take my body back with you." - Genesis 50:25



• Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Throw all the newborn Israelite boys into the Nile River. But you may spare the baby girls." - Exodus 1:22



• The cries of the people of Israel have reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians have oppressed them with heavy tasks. - Exodus 3:9



• But Moses protested, "If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, `The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' they won't believe me. They will ask, `Which god are you talking about? What is his name?' Then what should I tell them?" - Exodus 3:13

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^{New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}