Genesis 35:10

And God said unto him, thy name is Jacob,.... Which his parents gave him at his birth, and by, which he had been always called:

thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy…

- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or…

Jacob and his retinue having safely arrived at Bethel, we are here told what passed there.

I. There he built an altar (Gen 35:7), and no doubt offered sacrifice upon it, perhaps the tenth of his…

Israel shall be thy name This change of name has been mentioned by J in Gen 32:28. For the change, cf. Gen 17:5; Gen 17:15, where Abraham and Sarah receive a change of name associated with a special…