So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"
I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; the LORD has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.
But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
"I have loved you," says the LORD. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says the LORD, "Yet I loved Jacob;
the LORD will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to the LORD of Armies.
"For I, the LORD, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
'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."
"All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn't it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren't they Jerusalem?
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the LORD angry? Are these his doings? Don't my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?"
I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people.
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Many nations will go 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 out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem;
The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that don't wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
For the LORD restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!"
He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. the LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!
I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city."
'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau." Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. A Psalm by David.
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face--even Jacob. Selah.
You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
the LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
the LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?"
Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Therefore the LORD heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
the LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
the LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."
The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
how he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God:
He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
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