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Israel

Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

The name Israel means “who prevails with God”

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Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 25:26; referred to as Israel (Aramiac יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jacob (יַעֲקֹב), Jeshurun (יְשֻׁרוּן), Israelite (יִשְׂרְאֵלִי), Israelitess (יִשְׂרְאֵלִית), Israelite (Ἰσραήλ), Jacob (Ἰακώβ), or Israel (Ἰσραηλίτης); son of Isaac and Rebekah; a brother of Esau; husband of Rachel and Leah, with concubines Zilpah and Bilhah; father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph and Benjamin.

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Jacob was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. He struggled with his twin brother Esau in the womb and was born holding Esau’s heel (Genesis 25:21–26). God told Rebekah that the boys symbolized two nations and that the older son would serve the younger (Genesis 25:23).

Isaac favored Esau, who loved the outdoors, while Rebekah preferred Jacob, who enjoyed staying at home. One day, Esau came back very hungry from hunting, and Jacob traded him some red stew for his inheritance rights (Genesis 25:27–34; see Hebrews 12:16). Later, Isaac asked Esau to prepare wild game for him to eat so he could bless him (Genesis 27:1–4; compare 25:28). However, Rebekah sent Jacob to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing instead, and her plan worked (Genesis 27:5–29). Jacob's deception was soon discovered (Genesis 27:30–35). But legally, valid blessings were unchangeable promises (27:33). So Isaac gave Esau a lesser blessing (Genesis 27:36–40). Esau planned to kill Jacob (27:41). Rebekah persuaded Isaac to send Jacob to her brother Laban so Jacob could marry within the family (Genesis 27:42–46).

Isaac gave the covenant promises to Jacob and sent him to Haran (Genesis 28:1–5). On the way, God appeared to Jacob in a dream and confirmed the promises of land and descendants given to Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 28:10–15). Jacob worshiped the Lord and named the place Bethel, meaning "house of God."

In Haran, Jacob worked for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29–31). Jacob loved Laban's daughter Rachel and worked seven years to marry her. However, Laban tricked him by giving him his older daughter Leah on the wedding night. Jacob then worked another seven years for Rachel and six more years to build his own flocks (Genesis 30:25–43; see also 31:38–42). Despite many challenges, he had thirteen children and became very wealthy.

After twenty years, God told Jacob to return to Canaan (Genesis 31:3). Jacob feared Laban and his sons (Genesis 31:1–2). So, he organized his caravan and left while Laban was away (31:4–21). Laban chased after him, but God stopped him from harming Jacob (Genesis 31:22–24, 29). Instead, Laban scolded Jacob for leaving secretly and accused him of stealing his idols (Genesis 31:25–30). Jacob allowed Laban to search his tents, but the idols were not found (Genesis 31:33–35). Jacob then became angry (Genesis 31:36–42). Although their conflict was unresolved, the two men made a peace agreement (Genesis 31:43–54). The location became a lasting boundary between Israel and Aram.

Jacob now faced Esau and God. When Esau came with four hundred men, Jacob asked for God's protection and sent gifts to make peace with his brother, whom he had not seen for many years (Genesis 32:3–21). That night, in an event symbolizing his life, Jacob wrestled with a man who dislocated his hip and gave him the blessing he wanted (Genesis 32:22–32). God also changed his name to Israel, meaning "God fights."

In the morning, Jacob met Esau, and they reconciled (Genesis 33:1–11). Esau was kind and forgiving, and Jacob shared some of his blessings. Esau then returned to Seir, while Jacob continued to Canaan. In Shechem, Jacob bought land and built an altar (Genesis 33:18–20). He then moved to Bethel and removed all foreign idols from his household (Genesis 35:1–8). God reaffirmed Jacob's new name, Israel, and renewed his promises of land and descendants (Genesis 35:9–15).

Jacob favored Rachel and her son Joseph (Genesis 37:1–3). Joseph's brothers grew jealous and hated him. Joseph's dreams made them angrier (Genesis 37:4–11), so they sold him as a slave (Genesis 37:12–28). For over twenty years, Jacob thought Joseph was dead. Jacob only learned Joseph was alive after sending Benjamin to Egypt with Judah. Joseph then helped his family during the famine (Genesis 43:1–14; 45:24–28). Jacob felt renewed and moved to Egypt. He joyfully reunited with Joseph in Goshen (Genesis 46:28–30) and thrived for seventeen more years.

When Jacob was near death at age 147, he planned for his family's future. He made Joseph promise to bury him in Canaan (Genesis 47:29–31; 49:29–32). He gave Joseph’s sons his main blessing and placed Ephraim, the younger son, first (Genesis 48:1–20). He assured the family they would return to Canaan (Genesis 48:21–22). Then he blessed each of his sons and predicted the future of their descendants (Genesis 49:1–28). He died and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, accompanied by his sons and a large Egyptian procession (Genesis 49:33–50:13). His death marked the end of the patriarchal age and the start of Israel’s growth as a nation in Egypt until they returned to live in the promised land (see Exodus—Joshua).

The name "Jacob" became another name for the nation of Israel (see Numbers 23:7, 21; 24:5; Hosea 12:2). God called the nation to serve him as their ancestors did (Hosea 12:3–14). He promised Israel the same love he showed Jacob (Malachi 1:2). He also promised that a powerful leader would come from Jacob's descendants (Genesis 49:8–12; Numbers 24:17–19).

Passages for Further Study

Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–35:29; 37:1–35; 42:1–4, 29–38; 43:1–13; 45:25–50:14; Exodus 1:1–5; Numbers 23:7–10, 20–23; 24:5–9, 17–19; Deuteronomy 26:5; Joshua 24:4, 32; Hosea 12:2–14; Malachi 1:2; John 4:5–6, 12; Acts 7:8–16; Romans 9:10–13; Hebrews 11:8–9, 20–21

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Glossary entries

Jacob Jeshurun Israel (Person) Israelite Jesurun

Family members

Father

Isaac

Mother

Rebekah

Spouse

Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah

Siblings

Esau

Children

Asher Benjamin Dan Dinah Gad Issachar Joseph Judah Levi Naphtali Reuben Simeon Zebulun

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3,504 verses

Includes 926 verses that refer to Israel without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Hosea 14:7Referred to, not named
    They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
  2. Joel 2:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
  3. Joel 3:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
  4. Joel 3:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
  5. Amos 1:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
  6. Amos 2:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
  7. Amos 2:7Referred to, not named
    They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
  8. Amos 2:8Referred to, not named
    They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
  9. Amos 2:9Referred to, not named
    Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
  10. Amos 2:10Referred to, not named
    And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
  11. Amos 2:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
  12. Amos 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  13. Amos 3:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
  14. Amos 3:13יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
  15. Amos 3:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
  16. Amos 4:4Referred to, not named
    “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
  17. Amos 4:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
  18. Amos 4:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
  19. Amos 5:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
  20. Amos 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
  21. Amos 5:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
  22. Amos 5:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
  23. Amos 5:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
  24. Amos 6:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
  25. Amos 6:8יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
  26. Amos 6:12Referred to, not named
    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
  27. Amos 6:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
  28. Amos 7:2יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  29. Amos 7:5יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  30. Amos 7:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
  31. Amos 7:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
  32. Amos 7:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
  33. Amos 7:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  34. Amos 7:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
  35. Amos 7:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  36. Amos 7:17יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  37. Amos 8:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
  38. Amos 8:7יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
  39. Amos 8:11Referred to, not named
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
  40. Amos 8:12Referred to, not named
    People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
  41. Amos 9:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
  42. Amos 9:8יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
  43. Amos 9:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
  44. Amos 9:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
  45. Obadiah 1:10יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
  46. Obadiah 1:17יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.
  47. Obadiah 1:18יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.
  48. Obadiah 1:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
  49. Micah 1:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
  50. Micah 1:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
  51. Micah 1:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
  52. Micah 1:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
  53. Micah 2:7יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  54. Micah 2:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
  55. Micah 3:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
  56. Micah 3:2Referred to, not named
    You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
  57. Micah 3:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
  58. Micah 3:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
  59. Micah 4:2יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  60. Micah 5:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
  61. Micah 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
  62. Micah 5:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
  63. Micah 5:7יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
  64. Micah 5:8יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
  65. Micah 6:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
  66. Micah 7:20יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
  67. Nahum 2:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
  68. Zephaniah 2:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
  69. Zephaniah 3:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
  70. Zephaniah 3:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
  71. Zephaniah 3:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
  72. Zechariah 1:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
  73. Zechariah 8:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
  74. Zechariah 9:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—
  75. Zechariah 9:2Referred to, not named
    …and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
  76. Zechariah 11:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
  77. Zechariah 12:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
  78. Malachi 1:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
  79. Malachi 1:2יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
  80. Malachi 1:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
  81. Malachi 2:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
  82. Malachi 2:12יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.
  83. Malachi 2:13Referred to, not named
    And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.
  84. Malachi 2:14Referred to, not named
    Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
  85. Malachi 2:15Referred to, not named
    Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
  86. Malachi 2:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
  87. Malachi 2:17Referred to, not named
    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
  88. Malachi 3:1Referred to, not named
    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  89. Malachi 3:6יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
  90. Malachi 4:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
  91. Matthew 1:2Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
  92. Matthew 2:6Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
  93. Matthew 2:20Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
  94. Matthew 2:21Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
  95. Matthew 8:10Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
  96. Matthew 8:11Ἰακώβ · Jacob
    I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  97. Matthew 9:33Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
  98. Matthew 10:6Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
  99. Matthew 10:23Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  100. Matthew 15:24Ἰσραήλ · Israel
    He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”