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Yisrael

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Israel — he strives with God

Where it comes from

The new name is not he who won. It keeps the struggle inside it permanently. A whole nation is named after a limping man who would not let go, and an arc that opened with get thee out closes with a new name at daybreak.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, 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.

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