Born holding Esau's heel (Genesis 25:26); renamed Israel (Genesis 32:28).
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Son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin of Esau. He obtained his brother's birthright and tricked his father into giving him the blessing intended for Esau. He fled to his uncle Laban, worked 14 years for his wives Rachel and Leah, and fathered the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. He wrestled with God and was renamed Israel ('one who struggles with God'). He had twelve sons who became the patriarchs of the twelve tribes.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.Genesis 25:26, KJV
Genesis 28:10
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.Genesis 28:10, KJV
Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.Genesis 32:28, KJV
Genesis 46:2
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.Genesis 46:2, KJV
Hebrews 11:21
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.Hebrews 11:21, KJV
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