Bible Verses About Jacob

"And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers,"

Acts 7:15 ESV

"By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau."

Hebrews 11:20 ESV

"That no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal."

Hebrews 12:16 ESV

"All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him."

Genesis 37:35 ESV

"Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ..."

Genesis 46:8-27 ESV

"Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished."

Genesis 25:29 NIV

"Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob."

Genesis 25:28 NIV

"The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents."

Genesis 25:27 NIV

"After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them."

Genesis 25:26 NIV

"[ Jacob and Esau ] This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,"

Genesis 25:19 NIV