Jacob

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. — read the full passage →

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. — read the full passage →

And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God: — read the full passage →

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob; — read the full passage →

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I. — read the full passage →

And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, even by our father Isaac— — read the full passage →

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. — read the full passage →

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. — read the full passage →

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. — read the full passage →

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. — read the full passage →

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I. — read the full passage →

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? — read the full passage →

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. — read the full passage →

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory. — read the full passage →

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days. — read the full passage →

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. — read the full passage →

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. — read the full passage →

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. — read the full passage →

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. — read the full passage →

and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): — read the full passage →

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.

And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. — read the full passage →

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. — read the full passage →

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. — read the full passage →

yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; — read the full passage →

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, — read the full passage →

So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. — read the full passage →

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. — read the full passage →

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. — read the full passage →

Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

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. — read the full passage →

And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; — read the full passage →

And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. — read the full passage →

Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. — read the full passage →

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels: And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s.

But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. — read the full passage →

The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.

O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.

And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt; — read the full passage →

Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

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.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above; — read the full passage →

And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine: — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I. — read the full passage →

And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. — read the full passage →

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. — read the full passage →

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.