21. Israel (Genesis 32:28, etc). God renamed Jacob (2006-1859 BC), the grandson of Abraham, Israel (ca. 1909 BC). The Berlin Relief No. 21687 (15th cent. BC), name ring 3, reads: i3-shr-i-r(=l) “Israel.” The Merneptah Stele (13th cent. BC), line 26, reads: i-s-r-r(=l) “Israel.”