9After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26 God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives. but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. Israel probably means he struggles with God. ” So he named him Israel.
11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty Hebrew El-Shaddai ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
13Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
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