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
Genesis 12:1-3
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
1245 God of the fathers 1348 covenant with Abraham 5466 promises 7135 Israel, people of God 7248 patriarchs 7257 promised land
