Here are 30 verses from the Bible about Jacob:
- Genesis 25:26:
“Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.”
- Genesis 27:19:
“Jacob said to his father, ‘I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.’”
- Genesis 28:12:
“And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!”
- Genesis 32:24:
“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.”
- Genesis 35:9:
“God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.”
- Genesis 37:3:
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.”
- Genesis 42:1:
“When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, ‘Why do you look at one another?’”
- Genesis 45:28:
“And Israel said, ‘It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.’”
- Genesis 46:2:
“And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob.’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’”
- Genesis 48:3:
“Then Jacob said to Joseph, ‘God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,’”
- Genesis 49:1:
“Then Jacob called his sons and said, ‘Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.’”
- Genesis 49:28:
“All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.”
- Exodus 3:6:
“And he said, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.”
- Exodus 4:5:
“‘that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.’”
- Numbers 23:7:
“And Balaam took up his discourse and said, ‘From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’”
- Deuteronomy 32:9:
“But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.”
- Psalm 105:9:
“the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,”
- Isaiah 29:22:
“Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: ‘Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale.’”
- Jeremiah 30:7:
“Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.”
- Amos 3:13:
“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,”
- Micah 1:5:
“All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?”
- Matthew 1:2:
“Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,”
- Matthew 8:11:
“I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,”
- Luke 1:33:
“and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
- Acts 7:8:
“And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.”
- Acts 13:16:
“So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: ‘Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.”
- Romans 9:13:
“As it is written, ‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’”
- Hebrews 11:9:
“By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.”
- James 2:23:
“and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness’—and he was called a friend of God.”
- 2 Peter 2:15:
“Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,”
These verses showcase various aspects of Jacob’s life, including his family, encounters with God, and his significance in biblical history.
