Why was Jacob still called Jacob after his name was changed to Israel?

[TonyChanYT]

Genesis 37:

2 These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

Even God called him Jacob after He changed his name. Genesis 46:

2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Sometimes, the two names are used in parallelism, Psalm 53:

6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Why was the name "Jacob" still used after his name change?

It was for the sake of variety. The two names are interchangeable. Similarly, Jesus gave Simon the new name “Cephas” (John 1:42), but he still called him by his old name later.

What is the difference between Abraham and Sarah's new names and Jacob's being called Israel interchangeably?

Repeating "Abram" by "Abraham" sounds monotonous. The same goes for "Sarai" and "Sarah".

 

[amadeus]

@TonyChanYT

Or...

In the Book of Genesis: Jacob is first mentioned in Gen 25:26. Jacob is last mentioned in Gen 50:24.
Israel was first mentioned in Gen 32:28. Israel was last mentioned in Gen 50:25

The word Jacob was used 160 times in the Book of Genesis.
The word Jacob was used 70 times in Gen 32:28 to 50:26 when the other name had also been given.
The word Israel was used 40 times in Gen 32:28 to 50:26.

The word Jacob was used 196 times from Exodus to Revelation.
The word Israel was used 2533 times from Exodus to Revelation.

The word Jacob was used 377 times in the whole Bible.
The word Israel was used 2576 times in the whole Bible.

I separated Genesis from the rest of the Bible in my counts because the man, Jacob/Israel died in the Book of Genesis.

It had occurred to me the first time I considered this some years ago as it does now that in spite of a glorious reason for giving the new name the old name was used so much more while the man still lived. Could it be that God realized that the man in spite of a notable promise of things to come was still so much in his old nature rather than the new throughout most of his life even after receiving the new name? Thus, in the inspiration given to the writers, Jacob still was dominant while he drew natural breath, at least until toward the end. Only after his death did the name of Israel prevail so heavily against Jacob and then most of the time it was referring to a nation rather than a single man.

It does provide food for thought, doesn't it?

 

[Johann]

Genesis 37:


Even God called him Jacob after He changed his name. Genesis 46:


Sometimes, the two names are used in parallelism, Psalm 53:


Why was the name "Jacob" still used after his name change?

It was for the sake of variety. The two names are interchangeable. Similarly, Jesus gave Simon the new name “Cephas” (John 1:42), but he still called him by his old name later.

What is the difference between Abraham and Sarah's new names and Jacob's being called Israel interchangeably?

Repeating "Abram" by "Abraham" sounds monotonous. The same goes for "Sarai" and "Sarah".

You know, of course, what the meaning of Jacob is and WHY the name change-right?

 

[quietthinker]

Why was Jacob still called Jacob after his name was changed to Israel?​

As Moses is the author of the account as well as continuing accounts, he doesn't want the reader to confuse who he's talking about......the individual or the nation.