Nave’s Topical Bible
Jacob
94 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Esau
- Ancestor of Jesus
- Given in answer to prayer
- Obtains Esau's birthright for just one bowl of stew
- Fradulently obtains his father's blessing
- Esau seeks to kill, escapes to Padan-aram
- His vision of the ladder
- God confirms the covenant of Abraham to
- Sojourns in Haran with his uncle, Laban
- Serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel
- Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban
- Dissatisfied with Laban's treatment and returns to the land of Canaan
- Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the place "Mahanaim,"
- Dreads to meet Esau; sends him presents; wrestles with an angel
- Name of, changed to "Israel,"
- Reconciliation of, with Esau
- Journeys to Succoth
- Journeys to Shalem, where he purchase a parcel of ground from Hamor and erects an altar
- His daughter, Dinah, is raped
- Returns to Beth-el, where he builds an altar, and erects and dedicates a pillar
- Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dies, and is buried at Beth-el
- Journeys to Ephrath; Benjamin is born to; Rachel dies; and is "buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem,"
- Erects a monument at Rachel's grave
- The incest of his son, Reuben, with his concubine, Bilhah
- List of the names of his twelve sons
- Returns to Arbah, the city of his father
- Lives in the land of Canaan
- His partiality for his son, Joseph, and the consequent jealousy of his other sons
- Joseph's prophetic dream concerning
- His grief over the loss of Joseph
- Sends to Egypt to buy corn (grain)
- His grief over the detention of Simeon and the demand for Benjamin to be taken into Egypt
- His love for Benjamin
- Hears that Joseph is still alive
- Moves to Egypt
- The list of his children and grandchildren who went down into Egypt
- Meets Joseph
- Pharaoh receives him, and is blessed by Jacob
- The land of Goshen assigned to
- Lives in Egypt for seventeen years
- Exacts a promise from Joseph to bury him with his forefathers
- His benediction upon Joseph and his two sons
- Gives the land of the Amorites to Joseph
- His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons
- Upon Reuben
- Simeon and Levi
- Judah
- Zebulun
- Issachar
- Dan
- Gad
- Asher
- Naphtali
- Joseph
- Benjamin
- Charges his sons to bury him in the field of Machpelah
- Death of
- Body of, embalmed
- 40 Days mourning for
- Burial of
- Descendants of
Genesis 29:31-35; Genesis 30:1-24; Genesis 35:18,22-26; Genesis 46:8-27; Exodus 1:1-5; 1 Chronicles 2:9
- Prophecies concerning himself and his descendants
Genesis 25:23; Genesis 27:28-29; Genesis 28:10-15; Genesis 31:3; Genesis 35:9-13; Genesis 46:3; Deuteronomy 1:8; Psalms 105:10-11
- His wealth
- The well of
Bible verses about “Jacob”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 25:24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- Genesis 25:25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- Genesis 25:26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
- Joshua 24:4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
- Acts 7:8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
- Matthew 1:2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
- Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 25:29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
- Genesis 25:30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
- Genesis 25:31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
- Genesis 25:32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
- Genesis 25:33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Genesis 25:34Then 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.
- Hebrews 12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
- Genesis 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
- Genesis 27:2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
- Genesis 27:3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
- Genesis 27:4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
- Genesis 27:5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
- Genesis 27:6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
- Genesis 27:7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
- Genesis 27:8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
- Genesis 27:9Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
- Genesis 27:10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
- Genesis 27:11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
- Genesis 27:12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
- Genesis 27:13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
- Genesis 27:14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
- Genesis 27:15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
- Genesis 27:16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
- Genesis 27:17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
- Genesis 27:18And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
- Genesis 27:19And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
- Genesis 27:20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
- Genesis 27:21And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
- Genesis 27:22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
- Genesis 27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
- Genesis 27:24And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
- Genesis 27:25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.