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Feature Pages(4)
- FeatureObadiah — the Study GuideThe OT's shortest book carries one of its largest claims: Edom's proud fall in the clefts of the rock previews the Day of the LORD on every nation that lifts itself against Zion — and closes with the last word standing: the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
- FeatureJacob's Ladder — Genesis 28A featured study.
- FeatureJacob Have I LovedThe election thread: Genesis 25:23's oracle, the twins' story enacted, Obadiah's centuries-downstream outworking, Malachi 1:2-5's retrospective, and Romans 9's use — with the comparative and unconditional readings of 'hated' both at full strength.
- FeatureNumbers — the Study GuideTwo censuses bracket a generation's unbelief and a generation's hope: the bronze serpent, Balaam's Star out of Jacob, and the Aaronic Blessing's oldest words.
Verses(5+)
- VerseGenesis 29:11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
- VerseGenesis 25:31“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
- VerseGenesis 28:10Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
- VerseGenesis 30:10And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- VersePsalms 79:7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
People(5+)
- PersonJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
- PersonBalaam son of BeorThe Mesopotamian diviner hired by Balak to curse Israel, rebuked by his own donkey, and constrained to bless four times — the Star out of Jacob among his oracles; attested…
- PersonLeahJacob's unloved first wife, on whom the LORD's eye fell — the mother of Judah, the messianic tribe, and of Levi, the priestly tribe.
- PersonRachelJacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who dies on the road to Bethlehem — later wept for in the prophets (Jer 31:15; Matt 2:18).
- PersonJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (Matt 1:3).
Places(5+)
- PlacePenielThe ford of the Jabbok where Jacob wrestled God 'face to face' (Gen 32:30).
- PlacePaddan-aramThe region of Laban's household where Jacob sojourns, marries, and prospers (Gen 28–31).
- PlaceBethel'The house of God' — the site of Jacob's ladder-vision and vow, revisited at God's recall.
- PlaceShechemJacob's first Canaan settlement and the site of Dinah's ruin (Gen 34).
- PlaceGoshenThe fertile delta region where Jacob's family settles in Egypt (Gen 47).
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH3290 יַעֲקֹב · Yaʻăqôb (Hebrew)Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- WordG2384 Ἰακώβ · Iakṓb (Greek)Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
- WordH1144 בִּנְיָמִין · Binyâmîyn (Hebrew)Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob
- WordH3478 יִשְׂרָאֵל · Yisrâʼêl (Hebrew)Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob
- WordH123 אֱדֹם · ʼĔdôm (Hebrew)Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob
Themes(1)
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Prophecies(2)
- ProphecySon of JacobBalaam prophesied that a Star and Sceptre would arise from Jacob (Israel), further narrowing the messianic lineage.
- ProphecyFrom the Tribe of JudahJacob's blessing narrowed the messianic line to the tribe of Judah. The sceptre (kingship) would remain with Judah until 'Shiloh' (the Messiah) came.
Authors(4)
- AuthorJacob of EdessaJacob was born about 640 at Aindaba, near Antioch, in the first generation of Syrian Christians to live under Arab rule. He studied at the monastery of Qenneshre on the…
- AuthorJacob of SerughJacob was born about 451 at Kurtam, a village on the Euphrates in the region of Serugh, in what is now southeastern Turkey. His father was a priest. He studied at the famous…
- AuthorJacob Bar-SalibiHe was born Jacob at Melitene, in what is now eastern Turkey, and took the name Dionysius when he was made a bishop. Syriac writers usually call him Bar Salibi — son of Salibi…
- AuthorCindy JacobsCindy Jacobs (born 1951) is an American Independent Charismatic prophet, intercessor, speaker, author, and the co-founder (with husband Mike Jacobs, 1985) of Generals…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 36:11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
- Study resource2 Esdras 12:46Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob:
- Study resourcePrayer of Manasseh 1:1O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed;
- Study resource2 Esdras 6:9For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.
- Study resource2 Esdras 9:30And thou spakest saying, Hear me, O Israel; and mark my words, thou seed of Jacob.
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H3290יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchG2384Ἰακώβ Iakṓb — Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the
IsraelitesH1144בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn — Binjamin, youngest son of JacobH3478יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl — Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH123אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm — Edom, the elder twin-brother of JacobH7205רְאוּבֵן Rᵉʼûwbên — Reuben, a son of Jacob