Questions tagged [jacob]
Questions about Jacob (later known also as Israel), son of Isaac & grandson of Abraham. Jacob was the brother of Esau and father of the 12 tribes.
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Where did Jacob wrestle the Angel?
Gen 32.10 I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.
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Was Dinah Jacob's Only Daughter? ( Gen. 30:21 vs Gen 34:21b)
Genesis 30:
20 and Leah said, “God has brought me a precious gift. This time my
husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she
named him Zebulun. 21 Afterwards she gave birth to a ...
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Which mother was Joseph referring to in Genesis 37?
In Genesis 37 we are told Joseph had a dream of the sun,moon and eleven stars bowing down to him.
Genesis 37:9-10 NASB
[9]Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, &...
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Why did Jacob buy land from Hamor father of Shechem?
Gen 33.18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. 19 And he bought the parcel of ground, where he ...
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What country today is the multitude of nations (melting pot of the world) spoken of by Jacob in his deathbed prophecy concerning end days? Gen.48:19 [closed]
Genesis 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and ...
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Is it safe to conclude the man that Jacob wrestled with is the Son of Man? [duplicate]
So after carefully analyzing the passage where a man wrestled with Jacob and identified himself as God then am led to believe The Son of Man incarnated into flesh and appeared to other generations ...
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Did Jacob live in Succot or Hebron?
I have been struggling to understand the order of events when Jacob comes back from Laban.
After meeting Edom, it says in Genesis 33:17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made ...
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Did Laban change Jacob's wages 10 times
From what I have read, most commentators say that this is simply an idiom for "Time after time" or "many times." For example: "Keil holds that the ten, as the number of ...
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Why did the man ask Jacob, "What is your name?"
Genesis 32:24-28
Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until
daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him,
he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip; and the socket ...
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Why was there only one favorable blessing in Genesis 27 but many in Genesis 49?
In Genesis 27, Isaac has only one favorable blessing which was given to Jacob. But there is no blessing left for Esau. In the terms of an actual favorable blessing: a “prayer calling for divine care, ...
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Why did God allow an angel to fight Jacob if he was already very stressed out? (Genesis 32)
In Genesis 32, Jacob is already anxious about meeting up with Esau (Gen 32:7) and nervous he will kill him and his family. He even came up with this whole plan to soften his brother by giving him ...
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Did Esau sell his birthright under duress?
Genensis 25:29 says:
וַיָּזֶד יַעֲקֹב, נָזִיד; וַיָּבֹא עֵשָׂו מִן-הַשָּׂדֶה, וְהוּא עָיֵף.
And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
The last word allows various ...
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Did God lead the Israelites into slavery?
“And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, ...
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If Jacob only had that day to gather animals from Laban's flock, how did he get any animals since Laban removed the agreed upon animals that same day?
Genesis 30:32 (ESV) reads thusly, describing the offer by Jacob to Laban:
32 let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the ...
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Why is תָּם, which is usually translated 'whole' or 'blameless', translated as 'mild' or 'plain' when used of Jacob in Genesis 25:27?
A similar question was asked 8 years ago, here but there was only one attempt at an answer, and I'm wondering if there's more that can be added.
My question is, why is the Hebrew word תָּם, tām, ...
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