Patriarchs and God’s Promises
Jacob Becomes Israel
Patriarchal era PenielOld Testament
WHAT HAPPENED
The event
After wrestling through the night, Jacob received the new name Israel and entered a new stage of dependence upon God.
WHY IT MATTERS
Its place in the story
Jacob’s transformation shows God patiently reshaping imperfect people and forming a nation through grace.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Genesis 15:6
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
Genesis 3:15
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