Jacob H3290
Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau
Genesis 25:26; Joshua 24:4; 1 Chronicles 1:34; Acts 7:8
Ancestor of Jesus
Matthew 1:2
Given in answer to prayer
Genesis 25:21
Obtains Esau's birthright for a mess of pottage
Genesis 25:34; Hebrews 12:16
Fraudulently obtains his father's blessing
Genesis 27:29; Hebrews 11:20
Esau seeks to slay, escapes to Padan-Aram
Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:5; Hosea 12:12
His vision of the ladder
Genesis 28:22
God confirms the covenant of Abraham to
Genesis 28:22; Genesis 35:15; 1 Chronicles 16:18
Sojourns in Haran with his uncle Laban
Genesis 29; Hosea 12:12
Serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:30; Hosea 12:12
Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban
Genesis 30:43
Dissatisfied with Laban's treatment and returns to the land of Canaan
Genesis 31
Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the place Mahanaim
Genesis 32:2
Dreads to meet Esau; sends him presents; wrestles with an angel
Genesis 32
Name of, changed to Israel
Genesis 32:28; Genesis 35:10
Reconciliation of, with Esau
Genesis 33:4
Journeys to Succoth
Genesis 33:17
Journeys to Shalem, where he purchases a parcel of ground from Hamor, and erects an altar
Genesis 33:20
His daughter, Dinah, humbled
Genesis 34
Returns to Beth-El, where he builds an altar, and erects and dedicates a pillar
Genesis 35:7
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dies, and is buried at Beth-El
Genesis 35:8
Journeys to Ephrath; Benjamin is born to; Rachel dies, and is »buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem«
Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7
Erects a monument at Rachel's grave
Genesis 35:20
The incest of his son, Reuben, and his concubine, Bilhah
Genesis 35:22
List of the names of his twelve sons
Genesis 35:26
Returns to Arbah, the city of his father
Genesis 35:27
Dwells in the land of Canaan
Genesis 37:1
His partiality for his son, Joseph, and the consequent jealousy of his other sons
Genesis 37:4
Joseph's prophetic dream concerning
Genesis 37:11
His grief over the loss of Joseph
Genesis 37:35
Sends into Egypt to bury corn
Genesis 42:2; Genesis 43:14
His grief over the detention of Simeon, and the demand for Benjamin to be taken into Egypt
Genesis 42:36
His love for Benjamin
Genesis 43:14; Genesis 44:29
Hears that Joseph still lives
Genesis 45:28
Removes to Egypt
Genesis 46:7; 1 Samuel 12:8; Psalms 105:23; Acts 7:15
List of his children and grandchildren who went down into Egypt
Genesis 46:27
Meets Joseph
Genesis 46:34
Pharaoh receives him, and is blessed by Jacob
Genesis 47:10
The land of Goshen assigned to
Genesis 47:12; Genesis 47:27
Dwells in Egypt seventeen years
Genesis 47:28
Exacts a promise from Joseph to buy him with his fathers
Genesis 47:31
His benediction upon Joseph and his two sons
Genesis 48:22
Gives the land of the Amorites to Joseph
Genesis 48:22; John 4:5
His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons:
- Reuben
Genesis 49:4
- Simeon and Levi
Genesis 49:7
- Judah
Genesis 49:12
- Zebulun
Genesis 49:13
- Issachar
Genesis 49:15
- Daniel
Genesis 49:18
- Gad
Genesis 49:19
- Asher
Genesis 49:20
- Naphtali
Genesis 49:21
- Joseph
Genesis 49:26
- Benjamin
Genesis 49:27
Charges his sons to bury him in the field of Machpelah
Genesis 49:30
Death of
Genesis 49:33
Body of, embalmed
Genesis 50:2
Forty days mourning for
Genesis 50:3
Burial of
Genesis 50:13
Descendants of
Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:24; Genesis 35:18; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5; 1 Chronicles 2
Prophecies concerning himself and descendants
Genesis 25:23; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 31:3; Genesis 35:13; Genesis 46:3; Deuteronomy 1:8; Psalms 105:11
His wealth
Genesis 36:7
Well of
John 4:30