– Son of Isaac, had his name changed by God to Israel:
Gen 25:26 : Isaac was sixty years old when they came into the world.
Gen 32:29 : “Your name will no longer be Jacob”, he replied, “but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed”.
– Several books of Sacred Scripture allude to the story of this patriarch and the divine blessing:
Jt 8,22-26 : Let them also remember how many trials Isaac was subjected to and everything that happened to Jacob.
2Mc 1,2 : May God fill you with goods and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, his faithful servants.
Ps 104 :23 : Then Israel entered Egypt, Jacob went to live in the land of Cam.
Eclo 44,22-23 : God swore that he would glorify him in his race, and promised that he would grow up like the dust of the earth.
Hos 12:13 : Jacob fled to Aaron’s fields, Israel worked as a servant to obtain a wife.
Mal 1,2 : “I have loved you”, says the Lord. “And you say, how did you love us? Was not Esau the brother of Jacob?”
Mt 1,2 : Abraham begat Isaac. Isaac spawned Jacob. Jacob spawned Judah and his brothers.
Mt 8,11 : I tell you that multitudes will come […] and will settle down in the Kingdom of Heaven with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Acts 7,8-15 : Abraham had a son, Isaac, and after eight days he circumcised him; and Isaac to Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
Romans 9:13 : As it is written: I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.
Heb 11,9.20-21 : It was by faith that he dwelt in the promised land […] dwelling there in tents with Isaac and Jacob.
– Born together with Esau:
Gen 25:19-26 : This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham.
– He bought the rights of progeny from his brother:
Gen 25,27-34 : Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a peaceful man, who lived in the tent.
– Received Isaac’s blessing:
Gen 27,1-29 : Isaac had grown old and his eyes had grown dim, so that he could not see.
– Fled from Esau:
Gen 27,41–28,5 : Esau conceived hatred for Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him.
– Served Laban for Rachel and Leah:
Gen 29,1-30 : Jacob set out again and went to the land of the children of the East.
– Fled from Laban:
Gen 31,17-55 : Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by hiding his escape from him.
– Reconciles with Esau:
Gen 33,1-20 : Jacob, looking up, saw Esau advancing with four hundred men.
– Blessed by God:
Gen 35,1-15 : God said to Jacob: “Let’s go […] build an altar in this place to the God who revealed himself to you”.
– Go down to Egypt and bless your children:
Gen 46,1–47,31 : Israel departed […]. He arrived at Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Gen 48,1-22 : They came to announce to Joseph: “Your father is sick”. So she took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Gen 49,1-27 : Jacob called his sons and said to them: “Gather yourselves together […] I want to tell you what will happen to you.
– He died and was buried:
Gen 49,28–50,14 : This is what their father told them when he blessed them. To each he gave a particular blessing.
