אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְּבַר ה' אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיֶה שְׁמֶךָ. לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר כָּאן, לְפִי שֶׁבְּיוֹם שֶׁנִּגְלְתָה שְׁכִינָה עַל יַעֲקֹב בְּבֵית אֵל וּקְרָאוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל, בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם אָמַר לוֹ: גּוֹי וּקְהַל גּוֹיִם יִהְיֶה מִמֶּךָּ, עֲתִידִין בָּנֶיךָ לְהִקָּהֵל כִּשְׁאָר עַמִּים, וְלִבְנוֹת מִזְבֵּחַ לְהַקְטִיר עָלָיו בִּשְׁעַת אִסּוּר הַבָּמוֹת, וַאֲנִי מִתְרַצֶּה בַדָּבָר, בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה. To whom the word of Adonoy had come, saying, “Yisroel will be your name.” Why is this stated here? Because on the day that the Divine Presence was revealed to Yaakov in Beis Eil and named him Yisroel, on that day He said to him, “A nation and a community of nations will come from you,”11Bereishis 33:20. i.e., your children are destined to congregate like other nations and build an altar upon which to burn sacrifices during the period of the prohibition [of offering sacrifices on] the high places. Nevertheless, I will consent to it. [Thus is stated] in Bereishis Rabboh.12Bereishis 35:11.