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Israel

Meaning of “Israel”

The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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First occurrence: Genesis 32:28

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Genesis 48:21
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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1611 witness · Genesis 48:21 · retained source text

And Israel saide vnto Ioseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you againe vnto the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:2 · retained source text

Gather your selues together, and heare ye sonnes of Iacob, and hearken vnto Israel your father.

Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:7 · retained source text

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruell: I will diuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Genesis 49:16
¶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:16 · retained source text

¶ Dan shall iudge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:24
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:24 · retained source text

But his bow abode in strength, and the armes of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Iacob: from thence is the Sheapheard, the stone of Israel,

Genesis 49:28
¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:28 · retained source text

¶ All these are the twelue tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spake vnto them, and blessed them: euery one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Genesis 50:25
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 50:25 · retained source text

And Ioseph tooke an othe of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shal carie vp my bones from hence.

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.19.

Exodus 1:1
NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Nowe these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, euery man & his household, came with Iacob.

1611 marginal noteGen. 46.8. exod. 6.14.

Exodus 1:7
¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:7 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel were fruitfull, and increased aboundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.

1611 marginal noteActs. 7.17.

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