Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel--The old name was not to be abandoned; but, referring as it did to a dishonorable part of the patriarch's history, it was to be associated with another descriptive of his now sanctified and eminently devout character.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 32:24-25
Genesis 33:1
Song of Solomon 6:5
Song of Solomon 6:13
Isaiah 49:3
Hosea 12:3
Ephesians 6:12
Colossians 1:29
Revelation 16:12
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