Jacob, Hebrewpatriarchwho was the grandson ofAbraham, the son ofIsaacand Rebekah, and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel. Stories about Jacob in theBiblebegin atGenesis25:19. According to theHebrew Bible(Old Testament), Jacob was the youngertwinbrother ofEsau, who was the ancesto...
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, etching by Léon Bonnat, 1876; in the Yale University Art Gallery. Jacob, Hebrew patriarch who was the grandson of Abraham, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel. Stories about Jacob in the Bible begin at Genesis...
DREAMS in the BibleRife with incest, adultery, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. By any standard, this was a family with problems. Jacob's oldest son Reuben is said to have slept with his father's concubine Bilhah. The ...
When naming a child, there can be some questions asked about the meaning of the name “Jacob”. On the one hand, he is the patriarch from which the nation of Israel takes its name, and someone the God of the Bible recognized and claimed as His own in a mighty way, calling Himself ...
Genesis 30 Lexham English Bible Jacob’s Children 30 When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, “Give me children—if not, I will die!” 2 And Jacob became angry[a] with Rachel. And he said, “Am I in the place...
International Children’s Bible Jacob Blesses His Sons 49Then Jacob called his sons to him. He said, “Come here to me. I will tell you what will happen to you in the future. 2“Come together and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father. ...
11Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. 12But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”...
All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six. 由雅各伯所生而同来到埃及的人数,除雅各伯的儿媳不计外,共计六十六人。 www.ccreadbible.org 3. When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her maidservant...
And God will say to Jacob, Arise, go up to the house of God and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, having been seen to thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother. Catholic TranslationsDouay-Rheims BibleIn the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to ...
The Holy Bible: King James VersionChapter 33 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremo...