ChristopherPaul
Puritan Board Senior
First: Is there a resource that exists that distinguishes the verses that use “Israel” and “Judah” in reference to Jacob and his son from those verses that use the terms for describing all the people within those nations and tribes?
Also, why do some passages refer to sons of Israel and others, sons of Jacob? Why would some authors refer to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and then Abraham, Isaac and Israel other times?
Abram’s name was changed to Abraham and since the change, the old name was never to be referred to again except in connection with the name change itself. Yet Jacob’s name is changed to Israel and both names are used throughout the rest of scripture.
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Also, why do some passages refer to sons of Israel and others, sons of Jacob? Why would some authors refer to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and then Abraham, Isaac and Israel other times?
Abram’s name was changed to Abraham and since the change, the old name was never to be referred to again except in connection with the name change itself. Yet Jacob’s name is changed to Israel and both names are used throughout the rest of scripture.
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