The birth of Jacob's sons is a significant event in the biblical narrative, marking the foundation of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob, later named Israel, is a patriarch whose life and family are central to the unfolding account of God's covenant with His people. The account of the ...
The sons of Jacob have had peculiar manifestations. They have talked with God as a man talketh with his friend; they have whispered in the ear of Jehovah; Christ hath been with them to sup with them, and they with Christ; and the Holy Spirit hath shone into their souls with such a ...
The Sons of Jacob - Then Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, so she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children,
There are two people in the Bible with the name Jacob, and only one has a story. The briefer scriptural mention of the name Jacob is the father of Joseph, husband of Mary, in the genealogy listed in the book of Matthew. The real story is with Jacob the son of Isaac and Rebekah, an...
Rachel’s sons were Benjamin and Joseph (who did not found a tribe, but whose sons founded the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim). The story of Jacob’s later years more properly belongs to the story of Joseph. Late in his life, a famine prompted Jacob and his sons to migrate to Egypt,...
Bible Study Online Jacob Lost Site of God? Now after Jacob had heard, and finally believed the report, that his sons were telling him -- his spirit was revived. I like to think, that his spirit was revived from from the state of sorrow, that he had fallen into, over the years, afte...
BibleArticlesVideoAudio Jacob was one of the sons of Isaac and Rebekah. Jacob was favored by his mother while his brother Esau was favored by his father. When Isaac was close to death, he asked Esau to hunt and kill some wild game for him to eat with the promise that when he returned...
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 ...
Jacob called for his sons and said, “Come here, and let me tell you what will happen to you in the days to come. “Gather around...
Jacob Blesses His Sons - Then Jacob called his sons to him. He said, “Come here to me. I will tell you what will happen to you in the future. “Come