100 Bible Verses About Jacob

Bible verses about Jacob

Delve into the life of Jacob through scripture and discover profound lessons on faith, struggle, and redemption. Jacob's story, a tapestry woven with both flaws and triumphs, reveals the enduring grace of God. By exploring these verses, we witness how God's promises remain steadfast even when humanity falters. Understanding Jacob's journey allows us to recognize our own imperfections and embrace the transformative power of divine forgiveness and unwavering love. Let the scriptures illuminate the significance of Jacob's life, enriching your spiritual path and strengthening your connection with the divine narrative of hope and renewal.

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Genesis 37:11 (KJV)

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Jacob's Journey: Exploring Key Bible Verses.

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

Genesis 24:19KJV

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 31:53KJV

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 59:20KJV

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.

Genesis 31:1KJV

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

Genesis 30:39KJV

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Genesis 28:15KJV

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Genesis 49:28KJV

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

Deuteronomy 18:15KJV

To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:47KJV

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

Leviticus 3:3KJV

And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Genesis 24:3KJV

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Genesis 42:37KJV

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

Psalms 68:26KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Leviticus 23:23KJV

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

Genesis 31:32KJV

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

Genesis 29:17KJV

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Genesis 27:30KJV

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

Genesis 49:33KJV

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

Genesis 48:2KJV

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

Genesis 31:21KJV

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

Numbers 34:27KJV

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

Genesis 25:29KJV

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

Genesis 44:27KJV

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Genesis 25:25KJV

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

Genesis 35:28KJV

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

2 Samuel 7:13KJV

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus 13:5KJV

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 14:1KJV

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Genesis 47:29KJV

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:12KJV

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Genesis 27:43KJV

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 37:34KJV

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.

Psalms 119:31KJV

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

Numbers 23:23KJV

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

Genesis 29:25KJV

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isaiah 58:14KJV

And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Deuteronomy 34:4KJV

And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.

Genesis 45:26KJV

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

Genesis 45:25KJV

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 7:7KJV

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Genesis 32:30KJV

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

Genesis 24:48KJV

And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.

Genesis 33:20KJV

And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:

Genesis 27:27KJV

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20KJV

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Genesis 50:2KJV

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

Genesis 33:11KJV

One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 44:5KJV

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

Genesis 34:12KJV

And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

Exodus 6:25KJV

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Isaiah 14:32KJV

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

Genesis 29:12KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Exodus 34:27KJV

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

Genesis 25:32KJV

And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

Exodus 10:25KJV

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 25:28KJV

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:4KJV

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

Genesis 27:41KJV

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Genesis 25:31KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 8:5KJV

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Isaiah 43:1KJV

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Exodus 3:14KJV

These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Numbers 26:35KJV

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Isaiah 2:5KJV

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Isaiah 43:22KJV

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Genesis 31:30KJV

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

Psalms 103:17KJV

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

Isaiah 44:21KJV

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Genesis 30:37KJV

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:21KJV

A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 11:12KJV

And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

Leviticus 23:44KJV

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Genesis 46:18KJV

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

Numbers 23:21KJV

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Leviticus 26:9KJV

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:29KJV

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 32:12KJV

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

Genesis 20:13KJV

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 25:10YLT

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Genesis 37:11KJV

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Isaiah 41:8KJV

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

Genesis 31:33KJV

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32:2KJV

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Genesis 41:49KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 28:1KJV

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Genesis 23:15KJV

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

Genesis 30:19KJV

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

Exodus 13:11KJV

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 46:11KJV

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Genesis 34:13KJV

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

Genesis 32:7KJV

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 21:13KJV

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

Genesis 27:23KJV

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Genesis 46:29KJV

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

Genesis 45:13KJV

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Genesis 28:1KJV

Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:22KJV

He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

Psalms 103:7KJV

For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Deuteronomy 32:9KJV

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25KJV

The Bible verses surrounding Jacob paint a complex portrait of a flawed man chosen by God, ultimately transformed into Israel, the father of a nation. From his deceitful acquisition of Esau's birthright and blessing to his wrestling match with God, Jacob's story highlights divine grace operating in the midst of human weakness. These verses demonstrate that God's plans are not thwarted by our imperfections but often work through them. Reflecting on Jacob's journey, we are reminded that God sees potential beyond our present state and is willing to wrestle with us through our struggles. May these verses encourage introspection, leading us to seek God's transforming power in our own lives and to trust in His enduring promise to make something beautiful out of the broken pieces of our human experience.