<P> Jacob ( / ˈdʒeɪkəb / ; Hebrew : יַעֲקֹב ‬ , Modern Ya'aqōv ( help info ) , Tiberian Yā'āqōḇ ) , later given the name Israel , is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites . According to the Book of Genesis , Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant . He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca , the grandson of Abraham , Sarah and Bethuel , the nephew of Ishmael , and the younger twin brother of Esau . Jacob had twelve sons and at least one daughter , by his two wives , Leah and Rachel , and by their handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah . </P>
<P> Jacob ( / ˈdʒeɪkəb / ; Hebrew : יַעֲקֹב ‬ , Modern Ya'aqōv ( help info ) , Tiberian Yā'āqōḇ ) , later given the name Israel , is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites . According to the Book of Genesis , Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant . He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca , the grandson of Abraham , Sarah and Bethuel , the nephew of Ishmael , and the younger twin brother of Esau . Jacob had twelve sons and at least one daughter , by his two wives , Leah and Rachel , and by their handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah . </P>
who was given the name israel in the bible
who was given the name israel in the bible
Jacob
Jacob