Jacob, who was renamed Israel
The following is a listing of facts included in Bible stories about Jacob. Teach the children in your class about People of the Bible by using these facts in a Bible Drill or to play a game of Who Am I?. Go to People of the Bible for facts about other people.
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You can read about me in the book of Genesis. | |
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My parents were Isaac and Rebekah. Genesis 25:26. | |
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I had a twin brother named Esau who was the first son to be born in our family. Genesis 25:26. | |
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I bought my brother's birthright of the first born for a bowl of stew. Genesis 25:31-34. | |
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I tricked my father so he would give the blessing of the first born to me instead of my brother Esau. Genesis 27:1-30. | |
I went to live with Uncle Laban because my mother was afraid Esau would kill me after our father gave me the blessing of the firstborn. Genesis 27:41-43. | |
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My father told me not to marry a Canaanite woman. Genesis 28:1. | |
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I had a dream in which I saw a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder. Genesis 28:10-12. | |
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God told me that he would give me and my descendants the land on which I was lying, that I would have many descendents, and that he would be with me and watch over me wherever I go. Genesis 28:13-16. | |
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I told Laban I would work for him for seven years if I could marry his daughter. Genesis 29:18. | |
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I had twelve sons named Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher. Genesis 35:22-26. | |
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My sons became the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel. Exodus 39:14. | |
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I made Joseph a coat of many colors because I loved him more than any of my other sons. Genesis 37:3. |
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