Genesis 32:28
28Then he said, a“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
for cyou have striven with God and dwith men, and have prevailed.” Genesis 35:7
7and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, ▼▼ El-bethel means God of Bethel
because fthere God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
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