0 Why did God change Jacob's name to Israel?

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen ... shall fly as the eagle. Habakkuk 1:8

Trivia: Who said these words to Habakkuk: Drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered?

Why did God change Jacob's name to Israel?


Because Jacob beat God in a wrestling match

Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis 32:28

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