Jacob
This name also denotes the people of Israel, and the northern kingdom. The passages below are every use of the name, and include both senses — the tagging this is built from does not distinguish them.
- Role
- patriarch
- Era
- 1900 BC–1750 BC
- Passages
- 345
- Named in
- Old Testament (22 books), New Testament (7 books)
Patriarchal dating.
Renamed Israel; father of the twelve tribes.
The name
More than one form is recorded — a renaming, or the Greek and Hebrew of the same person. They are listed under one entry rather than as separate people.
Family
- Father: Isaac Gen 25:26
- Spouse: Bilhah Gen 30:4
- Spouse: Leah Gen 29:23
- Spouse: Rachel Gen 29:28
- Spouse: Zilpah Gen 30:9
- Sibling: Esau Gen 25:24-26
- Child: Asher Gen 30:13
- Child: Benjamin Gen 35:18
- Child: Dan Gen 30:6
- Child: Dinah Gen 30:21
- Child: Gad Gen 30:11
- Child: Issachar Gen 30:18
- Child: Joseph Gen 30:24
- Child: Judah Gen 29:35
- Child: Levi Gen 29:34
- Child: Naphtali Gen 30:8
- Child: Reuben Gen 29:32
- Child: Simeon Gen 29:33
- Child: Zebulun Gen 30:20
Places named alongside
- Egypt 20 verses
- Canaan 8 verses
- Zion 8 verses
- Paddan-aram 7 verses
- Jerusalem 4 verses
- Bethel 1 3 verses
- Shechem 3 verses
- Aram 2 verses
- Beersheba 2 verses
- Haran 2 verses
- Luz 1 2 verses
- Moab 2 verses
Named in
- Genesis 25:26
- Genesis 25:27
- Genesis 25:28
- Genesis 25:29
- Genesis 25:30
- Genesis 25:31
- Genesis 25:33
- Genesis 25:34
- Genesis 27:6
- Genesis 27:11
- Genesis 27:15
- Genesis 27:17
- Genesis 27:19
- Genesis 27:21
- Genesis 27:22
- Genesis 27:30
- Genesis 27:36
- Genesis 27:41
- Genesis 27:42
- Genesis 27:46
- Genesis 28:1
- Genesis 28:5
- Genesis 28:6
- Genesis 28:7
- Genesis 28:10
- Genesis 28:16
- Genesis 28:18
- Genesis 28:20
- Genesis 29:1
- Genesis 29:4
- Genesis 29:10
- Genesis 29:11
- Genesis 29:12
- Genesis 29:13
- Genesis 29:15
- Genesis 29:18
- Genesis 29:20
- Genesis 29:21
- Genesis 29:28
- Genesis 30:1
- Genesis 30:2
- Genesis 30:4
- Genesis 30:5
- Genesis 30:7
- Genesis 30:9
- Genesis 30:10
- Genesis 30:12
- Genesis 30:16
- Genesis 30:17
- Genesis 30:19
- Genesis 30:25
- Genesis 30:31
- Genesis 30:36
- Genesis 30:37
- Genesis 30:40
- Genesis 30:41
- Genesis 30:42
- Genesis 31:1
- Genesis 31:2
- Genesis 31:3
Showing the first 60 of 345 passages, in canonical order.
Passages are linked from the tagged text; the summary and any positions above are written by hand and cited.