Jacob

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

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. — read the full passage →

After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

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

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob; — read the full passage →

Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come. — read the full passage →

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac. — read the full passage →

Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. — read the full passage →

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

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

Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. — read the full passage →

Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and 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 →

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. — read the full passage →

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?” — read the full passage →

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. — read the full passage →

After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. — read the full passage →

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.

He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s, has he gotten all this wealth.” — read the full passage →

He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come. — read the full passage →

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

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 brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.” — read the full passage →

Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to 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 →

Jacob went out from Beersheba, 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.

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

Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down 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 →

“Asher’s food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. — read the full passage →

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?”

I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

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

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

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. — read the full passage →

The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

For 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 who calls, — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him. — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall. — read the full passage →

“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. — read the full passage →

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).”

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel. — read the full passage →

Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. — read the full passage →

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by 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.

Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

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

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

Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them. — 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 →

Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.

But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions. — read the full passage →

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.

He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt, — read the full passage →

Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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

Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above. — read the full passage →

God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. — read the full passage →

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

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

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal. — read the full passage →

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.’