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Names of Biblical People in Inscriptions and Seals

21. Israel (Genesis 32:28, 1 Samuel 13:19, etc). God renamed Jacob, the grandson of Abraham, Israel. The Merneptah stele, line 26, reads: i-s-r-r(=l) “Israel.” The Berlin Relief No. 21687 (Amenhotep II-Rameses II), name ring 3, reads: i3-shr-i-r(=l) “Israel,” while name ring 2 reads: k-y-n-'3-nw "Canaan", and name ring 1 reads: i-s-q-l-n "Ashkelon."