patriarch Jacob

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Old Testament figure biblical patriarch human

Patriarch Jacob is a central biblical figure regarded as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel and a key ancestor of the Israelite people.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
patriarch Jacob canonical 5
Israel (patriarch) 2
Jacob and Laban 1

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament figure ⓘ
biblical patriarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Israel ⓘ
associatedNation Israel ⓘ
blessingRecipient Ephraim son of Joseph ⓘ
surface form: Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh
burialLocation near Hebron ⓘ
burialPlace Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
surface form: Cave of Machpelah
child Asher ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Dinah ⓘ
Gad ⓘ
Issachar ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
Levi ⓘ
Naphtali ⓘ
Reuben ⓘ
Simeon ⓘ
Zebulun ⓘ
concubine Bilhah ⓘ
Zilpah ⓘ
covenant Abrahamic covenant ⓘ
culturalSignificance key ancestor of the Israelite people ⓘ
deceptionEvent obtaining Esau's blessing from Isaac ⓘ
receiving Esau's birthright for stew ⓘ
describedIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
divineEncounter God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ⓘ
surface form: God of Abraham and Isaac
employer Laban ⓘ
father Isaac ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Abraham ⓘ
grandmother Sarah ⓘ
householdDeityIncident Rachel stealing Laban's household gods ⓘ
injury hip injury from wrestling encounter ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
lineage ancestor of Jesus according to New Testament genealogies ⓘ
ancestor of King David ⓘ
descendant of Shem ⓘ
meaningOfName he grasps the heel ⓘ
he supplants ⓘ
mentionedIn Quran ⓘ
migration journey from Beersheba to Haran ⓘ
migration to Egypt ⓘ
mother Rebekah ⓘ
name Jacob ⓘ
notableObject stone pillow at Bethel ⓘ
numberOfSons 12 ⓘ
occupation shepherd ⓘ
placeNamedAfterEvent Peniel ⓘ
positionInPatriarchs third patriarch of the Israelites ⓘ
propheticBlessings blessings of the twelve sons in Genesis 49 ⓘ
QuranicName Yaqub ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze faith

Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
residence Canaan ⓘ
Haran ⓘ
role father of the twelve tribes of Israel ⓘ
spouse Leah ⓘ
Rachel ⓘ
tribeAncestor Tribe of Asher ⓘ
Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
Tribe of Dan ⓘ
Tribe of Gad ⓘ
Tribe of Issachar ⓘ
Tribe of Joseph ⓘ
Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Tribe of Levi ⓘ
Tribe of Naphtali ⓘ
Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon ⓘ
Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ
twinBrother Esau ⓘ
vision Jacob's ladder ⓘ
vow vow at Bethel ⓘ
wrestlingEvent wrestling with a divine being at Peniel ⓘ
yearsOfServiceForRachel 14 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israelites → originTradition → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
Joseph → reunitedWith → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
this entity surface form: his father Jacob
Ephraim → hasGrandfatherAncestor → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israel (patriarch)
Prophet Jacob → hasNameInHebrew → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yaakov
Bethel → associatedWithFigure → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
Book 16 → discusses → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
subject surface form: Book 16 (The City of God)
שְׁכֶם → associatedWith → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
subject surface form: שכם
Galeed → covenantBetween → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob and Laban
House of Jacob → hasEponym → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israel (patriarch)
Rachel’s tomb → associatedWith → patriarch Jacob ⓘ
subject surface form: Rachel's Tomb