Genesis 32:28

32:28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, ¹  “but Israel, ²  because you have fought ³  with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Genesis 37:13

37:13 Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers ⁴  are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,” ⁵  Joseph replied. ⁶ 

Genesis 45:21

45:21 So the sons of Israel did as he said. ⁷  Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, ⁸  and he gave them provisions for the journey.

Genesis 46:1

The Family of Jacob goes to Egypt

46:1 So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. ⁹  When he came to Beer Sheba ¹⁰  he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 46:29-30

46:29 Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, ¹¹  he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

46:30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” ¹² 

Genesis 48:2

48:2 When Jacob was told, ¹³  “Your son Joseph has just ¹⁴  come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

Genesis 48:10-11

48:10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing ¹⁵  because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph ¹⁶  brought his sons ¹⁷  near to him, and his father ¹⁸  kissed them and embraced them. 48:11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected ¹⁹  to see you ²⁰  again, but now God has allowed me to see your children ²¹  too.”

Genesis 48:20-21

48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you ²²  will Israel bless, ²³  saying,

‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”

So he put Ephraim before Manasseh. ²⁴ 

48:21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you ²⁵  and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:24

49:24 But his bow will remain steady,

and his hands ²⁶  will be skillful;

because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of ²⁷  the Shepherd, the Rock ²⁸  of Israel,

Genesis 49:28

49:28 These ²⁹  are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing. ³⁰ 

Genesis 50:2

50:2 Joseph instructed the physicians in his service ³¹  to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

Genesis 50:25

50:25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

[32:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said.” The referent of the pronoun “he” (the man who wrestled with Jacob) has been specified for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[32:28]  ² sn The name Israel is a common construction, using a verb with a theophoric element (אֵל, ’el) that usually indicates the subject of the verb. Here it means “God fights.” This name will replace the name Jacob; it will be both a promise and a call for faith. In essence, the Lord was saying that Jacob would have victory and receive the promises because God would fight for him.

[32:28]  ³ sn You have fought. The explanation of the name Israel includes a sound play. In Hebrew the verb translated “you have fought” (שָׂרִיתָ, sarita) sounds like the name “Israel” (יִשְׂרָאֵל, yisra’el ), meaning “God fights” (although some interpret the meaning as “he fights [with] God”). The name would evoke the memory of the fight and what it meant. A. Dillmann says that ever after this the name would tell the Israelites that, when Jacob contended successfully with God, he won the battle with man (Genesis, 2:279). To be successful with God meant that he had to be crippled in his own self-sufficiency (A. P. Ross, “Jacob at the Jabboq, Israel at Peniel,” BSac 142 [1985]: 51-62).

[37:13]  ⁴ tn The text uses an interrogative clause: “Are not your brothers,” which means “your brothers are.”

[37:13]  ⁵ sn With these words Joseph is depicted here as an obedient son who is ready to do what his father commands.

[37:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Here I am.’” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[45:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel did so.”

[45:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the mouth of Pharaoh.”

[46:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Israel journeyed, and all that was his.”

[46:1]  ¹¹ sn Beer Sheba. See Gen 21:31; 28:10.

[46:29]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he appeared to him.”

[46:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “after my seeing your face that you are still alive.”

[48:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and one told and said.” The verbs have no expressed subject and can be translated with the passive voice.

[48:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Look, your son Joseph.”

[48:10]  ²² tn Heb “heavy.”

[48:10]  ²³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[48:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (Joseph’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[48:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph’s father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[48:11]  ²⁵ tn On the meaning of the Hebrew verb פָּלַל (palal) here, see E. A. Speiser, “The Stem pll in Hebrew,” JBL 82 (1963): 301-6. Speiser argues that this verb means “to estimate” as in Exod 21:22.

[48:11]  ²⁶ tn Heb “your face.”

[48:11]  ²⁷ tn Heb “offspring.”

[48:20]  ²⁸ tn The pronoun is singular in the Hebrew text, apparently elevating Ephraim as the more prominent of the two. Note, however, that both are named in the blessing formula that follows.

[48:20]  ²⁹ tn Or “pronounce a blessing.”

[48:20]  ³⁰ sn On the elevation of Ephraim over Manasseh see E. C. Kingsbury, “He Set Ephraim Before Manasseh,” HUCA 38 (1967): 129-36; H. Mowvley, “The Concept and Content of ‘Blessing’ in the Old Testament,” BT 16 (1965): 74-80; and I. Mendelsohn, “On the Preferential Status of the Eldest Son,” BASOR 156 (1959): 38-40.

[48:21]  ³¹ tn The pronouns translated “you,” “you,” and “your” in this verse are plural in the Hebrew text.

[49:24]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the arms of his hands.”

[49:24]  ³⁵ tn Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.”

[49:24]  ³⁶ tn Or “Stone.”

[49:28]  ³⁷ tn Heb “All these.”

[49:28]  ³⁸ tn Heb “and he blessed them, each of whom according to his blessing, he blessed them.”

[50:2]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “his servants the physicians.”