Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5070 Individuals in OT and NT » 5094 Jacob » 5096 Jacob, the patriarch God's covenant promises to Abraham were inherited by Jacob, through his father Isaac, and so it was through his line of descent that the promised Messiah was to come. Jacob was one of the three patriarchs Exodus 3:6 See also Numbers 32:11; Deuteronomy 1:8; Matthew 8:11; Matthew 22:32; Acts 3:13 Jacob received the Abrahamic promises God's promise to Abraham Jacob chosen in preference to Esau Romans 9:11-13 See also Genesis 25:23; Malachi 1:2 The promises given to Jacob and his descendants Genesis 28:3-4 See also Genesis 28:13-15; Genesis 35:11-12; Leviticus 26:42; 1 Chronicles 16:17 pp Psalm 105:10; Hebrews 11:9 Jacob's descendants He fathered the twelve tribes Exodus 1:1-5 See also 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1-2 He was the father of the nation Psalm 22:23 See also Psalm 77:15; Isaiah 45:19 Jacob as a symbol for the nation Jacob and Israel were linked together as equivalent terms for the nation Psalm 14:7 See also Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:5; 1 Chronicles 16:13; Psalm 78:5; Psalm 114:1; Psalm 135:4; Isaiah 9:8; Isaiah 43:28 The nation is described as the house of Jacob Exodus 19:3 See also Isaiah 2:6; Isaiah 8:17; Jeremiah 5:20; Amos 9:8; Luke 1:33 Other descriptions of the nation Deuteronomy 33:4; Psalm 87:2; Isaiah 27:9; Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 41:21; Jeremiah 30:18; Lamentations 2:2; Malachi 2:12; Romans 11:26 National and patriarchal references merged Psalm 46:7 See also Psalm 20:1; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 75:9; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 99:4; Jeremiah 10:16 See also
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