Genesis 25:26
25:26 When his brother came out with
his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob.
Isaac was sixty years old
when they were born.
Genesis 25:31-34
25:31 But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”
25:32 “Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”
25:33 But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 32:28
32:28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,
“but Israel,
because you have fought
with God and with men and have prevailed.”
John 1:47
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”