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Bible Verses About Jacob: Prophecies concerning himself and descendants

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Verses on Prophecies concerning himself and descendants

  1. May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.

  2. May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

  3. Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

  4. On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

  5. And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

  6. And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

  7. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

  8. Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

  9. After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

  10. And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

  11. And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

  12. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

  13. Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

  14. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

  15. “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”