Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. The use of the name Israel — not Jacob — at the moment of resuming the journey after Rachel's death is the narrative's emphasis: the man who moves on is the man who has been transformed. The grief is real; the movement continues. The application: the covenant name Israel carries the capacity to move forward through grief that the old name Jacob may not have had.

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