Trouvé 432 Résultats pour: Jacob's Story
It was while he was living there that Ruben betook himself to his own father’s concubine, the one who was called Bala, and slept with her; nor did he contrive to keep Jacob in ignorance of it. Jacob had twelve sons altogether: (Genesis 35, 22)
by Zelpha, Lia’s serving-woman, Gad and Aser. These were Jacob’s sons, and Mesopotamia of the Syrians was their birth-place. (Genesis 35, 26)
he died at last, worn out with age, his tale of years complete. He too became a part of his people; and his two sons, Esau and Jacob, gave him burial. (Genesis 35, 29)
Afterwards Esau removed to another region, with wives and sons and daughters and all his household, with his wealth and his cattle and all that Chanaan had given him. He must needs part from his brother Jacob, (Genesis 36, 6)
Jacob, meanwhile, had settled in the land of Chanaan, where his father lived a wanderer’s life before him; (Genesis 37, 1)
and this is the record of Jacob’s line. By now, Joseph was sixteen years old,✻ and helped his brethren to feed the flocks, young though he was. He worked with the sons of his father’s wives, Bala and Zelpha; and against these brothers of his he told his father ill tales. (Genesis 37, 2)
Among his children, Jacob loved Joseph best, as old men love the sons old age has brought them; and he dressed him in a coat that was all embroidery. (Genesis 37, 3)
So his brethren eyed him with jealousy, while his father pondered over the story in silence. (Genesis 37, 11)
She kept the cloak in support of her story, and shewed it to her husband when he came back home; (Genesis 39, 16)
The news that there was corn to be bought in Egypt reached Jacob among the rest; and he said to his sons, What means this lethargy? (Genesis 42, 1)
One of you must go and fetch him, the rest shall be my prisoners, until you give me proof whether your story is true or not. If you refuse this, as sure as Pharao lives, you are spies. (Genesis 42, 16)
Then you must bring your youngest brother here into my presence; when you have done that, I shall know that your story is true, and your lives shall be spared. (Genesis 42, 20)
