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Israel

יִשְׂרָאֵלἸακώβ

Israel, also named Jacob, was the son of Isaac, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, and a key patriarch of the Jewish people.

IllustrationGenesis 48Israel's crossed hands place Ephraim before Manasseh in the blessing, while Joseph tries to correct him.
verses
2578
first named
Genesis 25:26
last named
Revelation 7:4
period
the Patriarchs
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Early Patriarch

Description

Who was Israel?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Israel, also known as Jacob, was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandson of Abraham. He was born after his twin brother Esau (Gen. 25:24-26).

Jacob bought Esau's birthright for a bowl of stew when Esau was famished (Gen. 25:29-34). He then deceived his father Isaac into giving him the firstborn blessing (Gen. 27). To escape Esau's anger, Jacob fled to his uncle Laban in Paddan-aram (Gen. 28:1-5).

On the way, Jacob had a dream of a stairway to heaven at Bethel, where God confirmed the covenant promises to him (Gen. 28:10-22). Jacob worked for Laban for 14 years, marrying his daughters Leah and Rachel (Gen. 29).

Wanting to return home, Jacob left Paddan-aram with his family and flocks. On the way, he wrestled with God at Peniel and was renamed Israel, meaning "he struggles with God" (Gen. 32:22-32). Israel (or 'Jacob') reconciled with Esau and settled in Canaan (Gen. 33).

Jacob had twelve sons who became the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher (Gen. 35:23-26).

Jacob showed favoritism to Joseph, provoking his brothers to sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt (Gen. 37). Later, during a famine, Jacob's sons went to Egypt for food and were reconciled with Joseph, who had risen to power there (Gen. 42-46).

Jacob moved his whole family to Egypt, where he lived for 17 years (Gen. 47:28). Before his death, Jacob blessed Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh (Gen. 48) and gave prophetic blessings to his own twelve sons (Gen. 49). He died at age 147 and was buried in Canaan (Gen. 49:33; 50:1-14).

God often identified Himself as the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" and reaffirmed His covenant promises to Jacob's descendants (e.g. Exo. 3:6,15). The nation of Israel took its name from Jacob and the Jewish people are his descendants. The name Jeshurun is used as a poetic name for Israel (Deut. 32:15; 33:5,26; Isa. 44:2).

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Israel10 of 409 entities the graph connects to Israel, in 3 groups: kinship 4, company 1, events 5. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.JudahFather of · 59 events · 1,023 versesLeviFather of · 38 events · 329 versesAbrahamChild of · Descendant of · 275 versesJosephFather of · 33 events · 197 versesKinshipLORDAssociated with · 438 events · 1,004 versesCompanyDavid58 events · 964 versesMoses163 events · 786 versesEgypt104 events · 649 versesAaron40 events · 333 versesSolomon33 events · 272 versesEventsIsrael

The 10 best-attested of 409 are drawn. All 409 are listed below.

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and 746 more, ordered by how many events they share.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Israel happensThe 24 best-attested of 147 places the claims about Israel reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Etham, Egypt, Kadesh, Rephidim, Red_Sea, Succoth, Elim, Sin, Hor_Mount, Hazeroth, Hor-haggidgad, Kibroth-hattaavah, Marah, Bene-jaakan, Jotbathah, Oboth, Pi-hahiroth, Rameses, Abronah, Alush, Diblathaim, Dibon, Dophkah, Ezion-geber. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Israel there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.EthamEgyptKadeshRephidimRed_SeaSuccothElimSinHor_MountMarahJotbathahObothPi-hahirothDiblathaim
the PatriarchsThe 24 best-attested of 147 places the claims about Israel reach

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2,578, across 47 books. The name is written 2,974 times in them.

  1. Genesis186 verses

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  2. Exodus167 verses

    1:11:51:71:91:121:132:232:242:253:63:93:103:113:133:143:153:163:184:54:224:294:315:15:25:145:155:196:36:56:66:86:96:116:126:136:146:266:277:27:47:59:49:69:79:269:3510:2010:2311:711:1012:312:612:1512:1912:2112:2712:2812:3112:3512:3712:4012:4212:4712:5012:5113:213:1813:1914:214:314:514:814:1014:1514:1614:1914:2014:2214:2514:2914:3014:3115:115:1915:2216:116:216:316:616:916:1016:1216:1516:1716:3116:3517:117:517:617:717:817:1118:118:818:918:1218:2519:119:219:319:620:2224:124:424:524:924:1024:1124:1725:225:2227:2027:2128:128:928:1128:1228:2128:2928:3028:3829:2829:4329:4530:1230:1630:3131:1331:1631:1732:432:832:1332:2032:2733:133:533:634:2334:2734:3034:3234:3434:3535:135:435:2035:2935:3036:339:639:739:1439:3239:4240:3640:38

  3. Leviticus61 verses

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  4. Numbers210 verses

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  5. Deuteronomy76 verses

    1:11:31:81:382:123:184:14:444:454:465:16:36:46:109:19:59:2710:610:1211:613:1117:417:1217:2018:118:619:1320:321:821:2122:1922:2122:2223:1724:725:625:725:1026:1527:127:927:1429:129:229:1029:1329:2130:2031:131:731:931:1131:1931:2231:2331:3032:832:932:1532:4532:4932:5132:5233:133:433:533:1033:2133:2633:2833:2934:434:834:934:1034:12

  6. Joshua140 verses

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  7. Judges154 verses

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  8. Ruth4 verses

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  9. 1 Samuel132 verses

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  10. 2 Samuel101 verses

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  11. 1 Kings171 verses

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  12. 2 Kings147 verses

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  13. 1 Chronicles97 verses

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  14. 2 Chronicles162 verses

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  15. Ezra36 verses

    1:32:22:592:703:13:23:103:114:14:35:15:116:146:166:176:216:227:67:77:107:117:137:157:288:188:258:298:359:19:49:1510:110:210:510:1010:25

  16. Nehemiah19 verses

    1:62:107:77:617:738:18:148:179:19:210:3310:3911:311:2012:4713:213:313:1813:26

  17. Psalms82 verses

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  18. Proverbs1 verse

    1:1

  19. Ecclesiastes1 verse

    1:12

  20. Song of Songs1 verse

    3:7

  21. Isaiah105 verses

    1:31:41:242:32:52:64:25:75:195:247:18:148:178:189:89:129:1410:1710:2010:2110:2211:1211:1612:614:114:217:317:417:617:717:919:2419:2521:1021:1724:1527:627:927:1229:1929:2229:2330:1130:1230:1530:2931:131:637:1637:2137:2340:2741:841:1441:1641:1741:2041:2142:2443:143:343:1443:1543:2243:2844:144:244:544:644:2144:2345:345:445:1145:1545:1745:1945:2546:346:1347:448:148:248:1248:1748:2049:349:549:649:749:2652:1254:555:556:858:158:1459:2060:960:1460:1663:763:1665:966:20

  22. Jeremiah130 verses

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  23. Lamentations5 verses

    1:172:12:22:32:5

  24. Ezekiel170 verses

    2:33:13:43:53:73:174:34:44:54:135:46:26:36:56:117:28:48:68:108:118:129:39:89:910:1910:2011:511:1011:1111:1311:1511:1711:2212:612:912:1012:1912:2212:2312:2412:2713:213:413:513:913:1614:114:414:514:614:714:914:1117:217:2318:218:318:618:1518:2518:2918:3018:3119:119:920:120:320:520:1320:2720:3020:3120:3820:3920:4020:4220:4421:221:321:1221:2522:622:1824:2125:325:625:1427:1728:2428:2529:629:1629:2133:733:1033:1133:2033:2433:2834:234:1334:1434:3035:535:1235:1536:136:436:636:836:1036:1236:1736:2136:2236:3236:3737:1137:1237:1637:1937:2137:2237:2537:2838:838:1438:1638:1738:1838:1939:239:439:739:939:1139:1239:1739:2239:2339:2539:2940:240:443:243:743:1044:244:644:944:1044:1244:1544:2244:2844:2945:645:845:945:1545:1645:1747:1347:1847:2147:2248:1148:1948:2948:31

  25. Daniel4 verses

    1:39:79:119:20

  26. Hosea43 verses

    1:11:41:51:61:101:113:13:43:54:14:154:165:15:35:55:96:107:17:108:28:38:68:88:149:19:79:1010:110:610:810:910:1110:1511:111:811:1212:212:1212:1313:113:914:114:5

  27. Joel3 verses

    2:273:23:16

  28. Amos32 verses

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  29. Obadiah4 verses

    1:101:171:181:20

  30. Micah17 verses

    1:51:131:141:152:72:123:13:83:94:25:15:25:35:75:86:27:20

  31. Nahum1 verse

    2:2

  32. Zephaniah4 verses

    2:93:133:143:15

  33. Zechariah5 verses

    1:198:139:111:1412:1

  34. Malachi8 verses

    1:11:21:52:112:122:163:64:4

  35. Matthew15 verses

    1:22:62:202:218:108:119:3310:610:2315:2415:3119:2822:3227:927:42

  36. Mark3 verses

    12:2612:2915:32

  37. Luke16 verses

    1:161:331:541:681:802:252:322:343:344:254:277:913:2820:3722:3024:21

  38. John8 verses

    1:311:471:493:104:54:64:1212:13

  39. Acts28 verses

    1:62:222:363:123:134:84:104:275:215:315:357:87:127:147:157:237:327:377:427:469:1510:3613:1613:1713:2313:2421:2828:20

  40. Romans13 verses

    9:49:69:139:279:3110:110:1910:2111:111:211:711:2511:26

  41. 1 Corinthians1 verse

    10:18

  42. 2 Corinthians3 verses

    3:73:1311:22

  43. Galatians1 verse

    6:16

  44. Ephesians1 verse

    2:12

  45. Philippians1 verse

    3:5

  46. Hebrews6 verses

    8:88:1011:911:2011:2111:22

  47. Revelation3 verses

    2:147:421:12

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Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

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Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

400 more chapters, from Genesis 48 to Revelation 7

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