Genesis 35:10
Good News Translation
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel." So God named him Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall you be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he was called Israel.

New American Bible
God said to him: Your name is Jacob. You will no longer be named Jacob, but Israel will be your name. So he was named Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

Genesis 17:5,15 Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations. . . .

Genesis 32:27,28 And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob. . . .

1 Kings 18:31 And he took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.

2 Kings 17:34 Unto this day they follow the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:

Context
Jacob is Named Israel
9And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him, 10Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.11And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

Genesis 32:28
But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

1 Kings 18:31
And he took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.

2 Kings 17:34
Unto this day they follow the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:

Hosea 12:4
And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

Genesis 35:9
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