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JACOB ;
Son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Esau - Ge 25:24-26; Jos 24:4; 1Ch 1:34; Ac 7:8
Ancestor of Jesus - Mt 1:2
Given in answer to prayer - Ge 25:21
Obtains Esau's birthright for just one bowl of stew - Ge 25:29-34; Heb 12:16
Fradulently obtains his father's blessing - Ge 27:1-29; Heb 11:20
Esau seeks to kill, escapes to Padan-aram - Ge 27:41-46; 28:1-5; Ho 12:12
His vision of the ladder - Ge 28:10-22
God confirms the covenant of Abraham to - Ge 28:13-22; 35:9-15; 1Ch 16:13-18
Sojourns in Haran with his uncle, Laban - Ge 29:30; Ho 12:12
Serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel - Ge 29:15-30; Ho 12:12
Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban - Ge 30:32-43
Dissatisfied with Laban's treatment and returns to the land of Canaan - Ge 31
Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the place "Mahanaim," - Ge 32:1,2
Dreads to meet Esau; sends him presents; wrestles with an angel - Ge 32
Name of, changed to "Israel," - Ge 32:28; 35:10
Reconciliation of, with Esau - Ge 33:4
Journeys to Succoth - Ge 33:17
Journeys to Shalem, where he purchase a parcel of ground from Hamor and erects an altar - Ge 33:18-20
His daughter, Dinah, is raped - Ge 34
Returns to Beth-el, where he builds an altar, and erects and dedicates a pillar - Ge 35:1-7
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dies, and is buried at Beth-el - Ge 35:8
Journeys to Ephrath; Benjamin is born to; Rachel dies; and is "buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem," - Ge 35:16-19; 48:7
Erects a monument at Rachel's grave - Ge 35:20
The incest of his son, Reuben, with his concubine, Bilhah - Ge 35:22
List of the names of his twelve sons - Ge 35:23-26
Returns to Arbah, the city of his father - Ge 35:27
Lives in the land of Canaan - Ge 37:1
His partiality for his son, Joseph, and the consequent jealousy of his other sons - Ge 37:3,4
Joseph's prophetic dream concerning - Ge 37:9-11
His grief over the loss of Joseph - Ge 37:34,35
Sends to Egypt to buy corn (grain) - Ge 42:1,2; 43:1-14
His grief over the detention of Simeon and the demand for Benjamin to be taken into Egypt - Ge 42:36
His love for Benjamin - Ge 43:14; 44:29
Hears that Joseph is still alive - Ge 45:26-28
Moves to Egypt - Ge 46:1-7; 1Sa 12:8; Ps 105:23; Ac 7:14,15
The list of his children and grandchildren who went down into Egypt - Ge 46:8-27
Meets Joseph - Ge 46:28-34
Pharaoh receives him, and is blessed by Jacob - Ge 47:1-10
The land of Goshen assigned to - Ge 47:11,12,27
Lives in Egypt for seventeen years - Ge 47:28
Exacts a promise from Joseph to bury him with his forefathers - Ge 47:29-31
His benediction upon Joseph and his two sons - Ge 48:15-22
Gives the land of the Amorites to Joseph - Ge 48:22; Joh 4:5
His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons
- Upon Reuben
- Ge 49:3,4- Simeon and Levi
- Ge 49:5-7- Judah
- Ge 49:8-12- Zebulun
- Ge 49:13- Issachar
- Ge 49:14,15- Dan
- Ge 49:16-18- Gad
- Ge 49:19- Asher
- Ge 49:20- Naphtali
- Ge 49:21- Joseph
- Ge 49:22-26- Benjamin
- Ge 49:27Charges his sons to bury him in the field of Machpelah - Ge 49:29,30
Death of - Ge 49:33
Body of, embalmed - Ge 50:2
40 Days mourning for - Ge 50:3
Burial of - Ge 50:4-13
Descendants of - Ge 29:31-35; 30:1-24; 35:18,22-26; 46:8-27; Ex 1:1-5; 1Ch 2:9
Prophecies concerning himself and his descendants - Ge 25:23; 27:28,29; 28:10-15; 31:3; 35:9-13; 46:3; De 1:8; Ps 105:10,11
His wealth - Ge 36:6,7
The well of - Joh 4:5-30
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