And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings Of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow Of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow Of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter Of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
And the sons Of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
And the sons Of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons Of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
The sons Of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons Of Jacob.
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons Of Jacob were twelve:
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons Of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
These are the generations Of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit Of Jacob their father revived:
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house Of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age Of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons Of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God Of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
And all the souls that came out of the loins Of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and Of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house Of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Who can count the dust Of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said Of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out Of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Out Of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain Of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God Of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons Of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children Of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God Of Jacob defend thee;
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed Of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
At thy rebuke, O God Of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. read more Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. show less
{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.} Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God Of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God Of Jacob. read more This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. show less
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity Of Jacob.
Happy is he that hath the God Of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God Of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house Of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house Of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house Of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house Of Jacob.
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory Of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
He shall cause them that come Of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
By this therefore shall the iniquity Of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house Of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One Of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King Of Jacob.
One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name Of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed Of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Hearken unto me, O house Of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Hear ye this, O house Of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes Of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One Of Jacob.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house Of Jacob their sins.
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage Of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One Of Jacob.
And I will bring forth a seed out Of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house Of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
The portion Of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time Of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity Of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
Then will I cast away the seed Of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
The portion Of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations Of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house Of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity Of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency Of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency Of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house Of Jacob, saith the LORD.
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house Of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
And the house Of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
For the transgression Of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression Of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
O thou that art named the house Of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads Of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house Of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God Of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency Of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles Of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob?
Which was the son Of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob.
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and Of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God Of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
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