יַעֲקֹב
ya.a.qov
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26;
son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259);
brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A);
father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently
Another name of yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel" H3478)
§ Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"
son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 319 verses
- Genesis 34:1 לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 34:3 יַעֲקֹ֑ב
And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Genesis 34:5 וְיַעֲקֹ֣ביַעֲקֹ֖ב
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
- Genesis 34:6 יַעֲקֹ֑ב
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
- Genesis 34:7 יַעֲקֹ֜ביַעֲקֹ֔ב
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
- Genesis 34:13 יַעֲקֹ֜ב
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
- Genesis 34:19 יַעֲקֹ֑ב
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
- Genesis 34:25 יַ֠עֲקֹב
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- Genesis 34:27 יַעֲקֹ֗ב
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- Genesis 34:30 יַעֲקֹ֜ב
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
- Genesis 35:1 יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Genesis 35:2 יַעֲקֹב֙
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
- Genesis 35:4 יַעֲקֹ֗ביַעֲקֹ֔ב
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
- Genesis 35:5 יַעֲקֹֽב׃
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- Genesis 35:6 יַעֲקֹ֜ב
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 35:9 יַעֲקֹב֙
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
- Genesis 35:10 יַעֲקֹ֑ביַעֲקֹ֗ב
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- Genesis 35:14 יַעֲקֹ֜ב
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
- Genesis 35:15 יַעֲקֹ֜ב
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- Genesis 35:20 יַעֲקֹ֛ב
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
- Genesis 35:22 יַעֲקֹ֖ב
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 35:23 יַעֲקֹ֖ב
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 35:26 יַעֲקֹ֔ב
And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 35:27 יַעֲקֹב֙
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Genesis 35:29 וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב
Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 36:6 יַעֲקֹ֥ב
Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
- Genesis 37:1 יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 37:2 יַעֲקֹ֗ב
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- Genesis 37:34 יַעֲקֹב֙
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
- Genesis 42:1 יַעֲקֹ֔ביַעֲקֹב֙
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
- Genesis 42:4 יַעֲקֹ֖ב
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
- Genesis 42:29 יַעֲקֹ֥ב
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
- Genesis 42:36 יַעֲקֹ֣ב
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Genesis 45:25 יַעֲקֹ֖ב
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 45:27 יַעֲקֹ֥ב
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
- Genesis 46:2 יַעֲקֹ֣ב׀יַעֲקֹ֑ב
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Genesis 46:5 יַעֲקֹ֖ביַעֲקֹ֣ב
Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
- Genesis 46:6 יַעֲקֹ֖ב
They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
- Genesis 46:8 יַעֲקֹ֣ביַעֲקֹ֖ב
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- Genesis 46:15 לְיַעֲקֹב֙
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
- Genesis 46:18 לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב
These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
- Genesis 46:19 יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב
The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 46:22 לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב
These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
- Genesis 46:25 לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
- Genesis 46:26 לְיַעֲקֹ֤ביַעֲקֹ֑ב
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
- Genesis 46:27 יַעֲקֹ֛ב
And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
- Genesis 47:7 יַֽעֲקֹ֣ביַעֲקֹ֖ב
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:8 יַעֲקֹ֑ב
“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
- Genesis 47:9 יַעֲקֹב֙
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Genesis 47:10 יַעֲקֹ֖ב
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.