Dictionary of Bible Themes 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. Exodus 3:6Jacob was one of the three patriarchs See also Numbers 32:11Deuteronomy 1:8 Matthew 8:11; 22:32 Acts 3:13 Genesis 12:1-3 Jacob received the Abrahamic promises God's promise to Abraham Romans 9:11-13See also Jacob chosen in preference to Esau Genesis 25:23Malachi 1:2 Genesis 28:3-4 See also The promises given to Jacob and his descendants Genesis 28:13-15; 35:11-12Leviticus 26:42 1 Chronicles 16:17 Hebrews 11:9 pp Ps 105:10 Exodus 1:1-5Jacob's descendants See also He fathered the twelve tribes 1 Kings 18:311 Chronicles 2:1-2 Psalms 22:23 See also He was the father of the nation Psalms 77:15Isaiah 45:19 Psalms 14:7 Jacob as a symbol for the nation See also Jacob and Israel were linked together as equivalent terms for the nation Numbers 23:7; 24:51 Chronicles 16:13 Psalms 78:5; 114:1; 135:4 Isaiah 9:8; 43:28 Exodus 19:3 See also The nation is described as the house of Jacob Isaiah 2:6; 8:17Jeremiah 5:20 Amos 9:8 Luke 1:33 Deuteronomy 33:4 Psalms 87:2 Other descriptions of the nation Isaiah 27:9; 59:20; 41:21Jeremiah 30:18 Lamentations 2:2 Malachi 2:12 Romans 11:26 Psalms 46:7 See also National and patriarchal references merged Psalms 20:1; 24:6; 75:9; 94:7; 99:4Jeremiah 10:16 See also 1245 God of the fathers1348 covenant with Abraham 5466 promises 7135 Israel, people of God 7248 patriarchs 7257 promised land |
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