Jacob

Jacob

Jacob would eventually be known as Israel. As a patriarch of the Israelites he was a significant figure in the Hebrew Bible and the forefather of the Israelites. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, and had twelve sons by the sisters of Laban and Zilpah Leah's maid and Bilhah Rachel's maid.

These sons became the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel after 400 years in the bondage of Egypt when Moses was sent to set them free.

Appearance

Birth right

Genesis 25:26 "... his hand took hold on Esau s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them."

Genesis 25:31 "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright... 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright."

Brothers and blessings

Genesis 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,.. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob..."

Genesis 28:1 "And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan... 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning( after his Dream.), and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it... 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, ... 21 So that I come again to my father s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

Jacobs Journey

Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey,... 10 ... when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother s brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.... 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter... 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. ... 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.... (promised another seven years)28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also."

Generation to generation

Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob ... 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah s maid bare Jacob a son... 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived ... 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.... 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:... 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods."

Go gods and Galeed

Genesis 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee... 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I. ... set his sons and his wives upon camels; 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled... 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.... 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives [taken] with the sword?... 29 ... but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.... 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.... 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?... 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

wrestled a man

Genesis 32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.... 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. ... 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:

Genesis 33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

Dinah

Genesis 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.... 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

strange gods

Genesis 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:... 10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Esaus wives

Genesis 36:6 And Esau took his wives,...and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

Dwelling strangers

Genesis 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; ... 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Israel by way of Egypt

Genesis 42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Genesis 45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive,...

Genesis 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I.

Genesis 47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 48:2 And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last days.

Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.