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- Genesis 32:28
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Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
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Source alternate reference: 32.29
- Genesis 32:32
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Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
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Source alternate reference: 32.33
- Genesis 34:7
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When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
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- Genesis 35:10
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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.
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- Genesis 35:21
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Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
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- Genesis 35:22
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While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
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- Genesis 36:31
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These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
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- Genesis 37:3
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
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- Genesis 37:13
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Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
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- Genesis 42:5
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So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
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- Genesis 43:6
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“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
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- Genesis 43:8
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And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
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- Genesis 43:11
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Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
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- Genesis 45:21
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So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
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- Genesis 45:28
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“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
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- Genesis 46:1
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So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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- Genesis 46:2
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And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
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- Genesis 46:5
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Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
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- Genesis 46:8
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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
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- Genesis 46:29
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Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
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- Genesis 46:30
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Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
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- Genesis 47:27
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Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
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- Genesis 47:29
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When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
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- Genesis 47:31
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“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
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- Genesis 48:2
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When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
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- Genesis 48:8
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When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
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- Genesis 48:10
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Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
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- Genesis 48:11
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“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
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- Genesis 48:13
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And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
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- Genesis 48:14
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But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
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- Genesis 48:20
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So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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- Genesis 48:21
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Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
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- Genesis 49:2
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Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
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- Genesis 49:7
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Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
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- Genesis 49:16
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Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
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- Genesis 49:24
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Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
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- Genesis 49:28
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These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
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- Genesis 50:2
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And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
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- Genesis 50:25
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And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
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- Exodus 1:1
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These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
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- Exodus 1:7
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but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
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- Exodus 1:9
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“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
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- Exodus 1:12
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But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
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- Exodus 1:13
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They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
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- Exodus 2:23
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After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
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- Exodus 2:25
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God saw the Israelites and took notice.
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- Exodus 3:9
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And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
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- Exodus 3:10
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Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
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- Exodus 3:11
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But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
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- Exodus 3:13
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Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
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