Israel: A Name Given to Jacob

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. …

To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—