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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Isaac

Mother

Rebekah

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Bilhah Leah Rachel Zilpah

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Esau

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Mentions

3,504 verses

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

  1. Genesis 49:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
  2. Genesis 49:24יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
  3. Genesis 49:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
  4. Genesis 49:33יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
  5. Genesis 50:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
  6. Genesis 50:3Referred to, not named
    …taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
  7. Genesis 50:4Referred to, not named
    When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
  8. Genesis 50:24יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  9. Genesis 50:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
  10. Exodus 1:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
  11. Exodus 1:5יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
  12. Exodus 1:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
  13. Exodus 1:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  14. Exodus 1:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  15. Exodus 1:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
  16. Exodus 2:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  17. Exodus 2:24יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  18. Exodus 2:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    God saw the Israelites and took notice.
  19. Exodus 3:6יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
  20. Exodus 3:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
  21. Exodus 3:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  22. Exodus 3:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
  23. Exodus 3:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
  24. Exodus 3:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  25. Exodus 3:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  26. Exodus 3:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel; יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  27. Exodus 3:17Referred to, not named
    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
  28. Exodus 3:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  29. Exodus 3:21Referred to, not named
    And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
  30. Exodus 4:5יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  31. Exodus 4:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
  32. Exodus 4:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
  33. Exodus 4:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  34. Exodus 5:1יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  35. Exodus 5:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
  36. Exodus 5:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
  37. Exodus 5:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
  38. Exodus 5:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
  39. Exodus 6:3יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
  40. Exodus 6:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
  41. Exodus 6:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  42. Exodus 6:8יַעֲקֹב · Jacob
    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
  43. Exodus 6:9יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
  44. Exodus 6:11יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
  45. Exodus 6:12יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
  46. Exodus 6:13יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  47. Exodus 6:14יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
  48. Exodus 6:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
  49. Exodus 6:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
  50. Exodus 7:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
  51. Exodus 7:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  52. Exodus 7:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
  53. Exodus 9:4יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
  54. Exodus 9:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
  55. Exodus 9:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
  56. Exodus 9:26יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
  57. Exodus 9:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  58. Exodus 10:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
  59. Exodus 10:23יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
  60. Exodus 11:7יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
  61. Exodus 11:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
  62. Exodus 12:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
  63. Exodus 12:6יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
  64. Exodus 12:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
  65. Exodus 12:16Referred to, not named
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
  66. Exodus 12:17Referred to, not named
    So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  67. Exodus 12:18Referred to, not named
    In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
  68. Exodus 12:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
  69. Exodus 12:21יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
  70. Exodus 12:22Referred to, not named
    Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
  71. Exodus 12:23Referred to, not named
    When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
  72. Exodus 12:24Referred to, not named
    And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
  73. Exodus 12:25Referred to, not named
    When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
  74. Exodus 12:26Referred to, not named
    When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
  75. Exodus 12:27יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
  76. Exodus 12:28יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  77. Exodus 12:31יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  78. Exodus 12:35יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
  79. Exodus 12:37יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
  80. Exodus 12:40יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
  81. Exodus 12:42יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
  82. Exodus 12:47יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.
  83. Exodus 12:50יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  84. Exodus 12:51יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
  85. Exodus 13:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
  86. Exodus 13:18יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
  87. Exodus 13:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
  88. Exodus 14:2יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
  89. Exodus 14:3יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
  90. Exodus 14:5יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
  91. Exodus 14:8יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
  92. Exodus 14:10יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
  93. Exodus 14:15יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
  94. Exodus 14:16יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
  95. Exodus 14:19יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
  96. Exodus 14:20יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
  97. Exodus 14:22יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    …and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  98. Exodus 14:25יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
  99. Exodus 14:29יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  100. Exodus 14:30יִשְׂרָאֵל · God; יִשְׂרָאֵל · Israel
    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.