And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said,
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordin