Son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Esau
Genesis 25:24-26; Joshua 24:4; 1 Chronicles 1:34; Acts 7:8
Ancestor of Jesus
Matthew 1:2
Given in answer to prayer
Genesis 25:21
Obtains Esau’s birthright for just one bowl of stew
Genesis 25:29-34; Hebrews 12:16
Fradulently obtains his father’s blessing
Genesis 27:1-29; Hebrews 11:20
Esau seeks to kill and escapes to Padan-aram
Genesis 27:41-46; 28:1-5; Hosea 12:12
His vision of the ladder
Genesis 28:10-22
God confirms the covenant of Abraham to
Genesis 28:13-22; 35:9-15; 1 Chronicles 16:13-18
Sojourns in Haran with his uncle, Laban
Genesis 29:30; Hosea 12:12
Serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:15-30; Hosea 12:12
Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban
Genesis 30:32-43
Dissatisfied with Laban’s treatment and returns to the land of Canaan
Genesis 31
Meets angels of God on the journey and calls the place “Mahanaim,”
Genesis 32:1,2
Dreads to meet Esau; sends him presents; wrestles with an angel
Genesis 32
Name of, changed to “Israel,”
Genesis 32:28; 35:10
Reconciliation of, with Esau
Genesis 33:4
Journeys to Succoth
Genesis 33:17
Journeys to Shalem, where he purchases a parcel of ground from Hamor and erects an altar
Genesis 33:18-20
His daughter, Dinah, is raped
Genesis 34
Returns to Beth-el, where he builds an altar and erects and dedicates a pillar
Genesis 35:1-7
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dies and is buried at Beth-el
Genesis 35:8
Journeys to Ephrath; Benjamin is born to; Rachel dies; and is “buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem,”
Genesis 35:16-19; 48:7
Erects a monument at Rachel’s grave
Genesis 35:20
The incest of his son, Reuben, with his concubine, Bilhah
Genesis 35:22
List of the names of his twelve sons
Genesis 35:23-26
Returns to Arbah, the city of his father
Genesis 35:27
Lives in the land of Canaan
Genesis 37:1
His partiality for his son, Joseph, and the consequent jealousy of his other sons
Genesis 37:3,4
Joseph’s prophetic dream concerning
Genesis 37:9-11
His grief over the loss of Joseph
Genesis 37:34,35
Sends to Egypt to buy corn (grain)
Genesis 42:1,2; 43:1-14
His grief over the detention of Simeon and the demand for Benjamin to be taken into Egypt
Genesis 42:36
His love for Benjamin
Genesis 43:14; 44:29
He says that Joseph is still alive
Genesis 45:26-28
Moves to Egypt
Genesis 46:1-7; 1 Samuel 12:8; Psalms 105:23; Acts 7:14,15
The list of his children and grandchildren who went down into Egypt
Genesis 46:8-27
Meets Joseph
Genesis 46:28-34
Pharaoh receives him and is blessed by Jacob
Genesis 47:1-10
The land of Goshen assigned to
Genesis 47:11,12,27
He lives in Egypt for seventeen years
Genesis 47:28
He exacts a promise from Joseph to bury him with his forefathers
Genesis 47:29-31
His benediction upon Joseph and his two sons
Genesis 48:15-22
Gives the land of the Amorites to Joseph
Genesis 48:22; John 4:5
His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons
Upon Reuben
Genesis 49:3,4
Simeon and Levi
Genesis 49:5-7
Judah
Genesis 49:8-12
Zebulun
Genesis 49:13
Issachar
Genesis 49:14,15
Dan
Genesis 49:16-18
Gad
Genesis 49:19
Asher
Genesis 49:20
Naphtali
Genesis 49:21
Joseph
Genesis 49:22-26
Benjamin
Genesis 49:27
Charges his sons to bury him in the field of Machpelah
Genesis 49:29,30
Death of
Genesis 49:33
Body of, embalmed
Genesis 50:2
40 days mourning for
Genesis 50:3
Burial of
Genesis 50:4-13
Descendants of
Genesis 29:31-35; 30:1-24; 35:18,22-26; 46:8-27; Exodus 1:1-5; 1 Chronicles 2:9
Prophecies concerning himself and his descendants
Genesis 25:23; 27:28,29; 28:10-15; 31:3; 35:9-13; 46:3; Deuteronomy 1:8; Psalms 105:10,11
His wealth
Genesis 36:6,7
The well of
John 4:5-30
