Israel in the Bible

Meaning: who prevails with God

Exact Match

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

For this, the sons of Israel will not eat the sinew which dried up which is upon the hollow of the thigh, even till this day; for he touched upon the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew which dried up.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalThighsTouching To HarmForbidden FoodStatutes To This Daymuscles

Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident and were deeply grieved and angry. For Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter, and such a thing should not be done.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldSexual Sin, Nature OfSorrowRapeNamed People Angry With Others

God said to him:

Your name is Jacob;
you will no longer be named Jacob,
but your name will be Israel.


So He named him Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Renaming People

So God called his name Israel and also told him, "I am God Almighty. You are to be fruitful and multiply. You will become a nation in fact, an assembly of nations! Kings will come from you they'll emerge from your own loins!

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalBlessings, To AbrahamBodyGod, Power OfProcreationI Am Godfruitfulness

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 12 sons:

Verse ConceptsIncestConcubinesThe Number TwelveImmorality, Examples Of SexualExtra Marital Sex ExamplesTwelve Beingssex

And these the kings which reigned in the land of Edom, before a king reigned over the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”

“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.

Verse ConceptsCareCare, HumanPeople Sending People

The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses Of

“Why did you cause me so much trouble?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother?”

Verse ConceptsPeople Actually Doing Evil

Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.

Verse ConceptsGoing TogetherKept Alive By Men

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 take them down to the man as a gift—some balsam and some honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.

Verse ConceptsFoodAlmondsBalmsHerbs And SpicesMyrrhHoneyAlmond Trees

The sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

Verse ConceptsJourneyPeople Providing Food

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

Verse ConceptsBefore DeathLiving On

Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Verse ConceptsRefugeesSacrifice, In Ot

Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and their wives.

Verse ConceptsCartsImmigrants

And these the names of the sons of Israel having come to Egypt. Jacob and his sons: the first born of Jacob, Reuben.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn Sons

Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingChariotsGreetingsLove, And The WorldChildren, Good KidsChildren, Good Examples OfMeeting PeopleAction For A Long TimePreparing To Travel

Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”

Verse ConceptsReadinessParental LoveResigned To DeathLiving OnSeeing People

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalPeople Multiplying

And the days of Israel will draw near to die: and he will call to his son Joseph, and will say to him, If now I found grace in thine eyes, put now thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt do to me kindness and truth: now thou shalt not bury me in Egypt

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

And Jacob said, “Swear to me.” So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed in thanks at the head of his bed.

Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanStaffBeds

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.

Verse ConceptsBedsGay Marriage

And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he will not be able to see; and he will draw them near to him, and he will kiss them, and embrace them.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingOld Age, DisabilitiesArmsKissingOld Age, Attainment OfVisionDimness Of VisionKissesLimitations Of Old People

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.”

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attainment OfSeeing People

So Joseph moved them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsKnees

Then Joseph took them both—with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel’s left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel’s right—and brought them to Israel.

But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornHandsLaying On Of HandsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLeft HandsLaying On Hands To HealBlessings For The Right Hand

So he blessed them that day with these words:

The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,”
putting Ephraim before Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsLike Good PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathGod Will Be With YouReturning to their landDeath Will Soon Happen

Their anger is cursed, for it is strong,
and their fury, for it is cruel!
I will disperse them throughout Jacob
and scatter them throughout Israel.

Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

Verse ConceptsTwelve TribesPeople Who Blessed Othersisrael

And so Israel's sons did what he had instructed them to do:

Verse ConceptsObeying People

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:

Anil the sons of Israel were fruitful, and they will multiply abundantly, and they will increase, and will become strong with might exceedingly; and the land will be filled with them.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalFilling PlacesBirth ControlPeople Multiplyingfruitfulness

And he will say to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel, many, being strong above us.

Verse ConceptsMany In Israel

And as they will afflict them, so they will multiply and will increase. And they will feel disgust from the face of the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPeople MultiplyingFearing Other PeopleAfflictions Terminating In Goodoppressionpressure

And now behold the cry of the sons of Israel came to me: and also I saw the oppression which the Egyptians oppressed them.

Verse ConceptsAnti semitismOppression, Nature OfVisionCries Of Distress To Godisraeloppression

And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

Verse ConceptsTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithProphetic SignsServanthood, And Worship Of GodSigns From GodWorship, Places OfWorship, Reasons ForGod Will Be With YouWorshipping GodQuestioning GodWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherGod Being With You

And Moses will say to God, Behold me going to the sons of Israel, and I spake to them, The God of your fathers sent me to you; and they said to me, What his name? what shall I say to them?

Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfI Am The LordGod Sending ProphetsWhat Is God's Name?

And God will yet say to Moses, Thou shalt say to the sons of Israel, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaak and the God of Jacob, sent me to you: this my name for eternity, and this my remembrance to generation and generation.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsI Am The LordGod Sending ProphetsOther References To God's Name

“Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesThree DaysParticular JourneysA Feast In The WildernessPaying Attention To People

Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Let My people go, so that they may hold a festival for Me in the wilderness.”

Verse ConceptsFeastsAaron, Moses SpokespersonA Feast In The WildernessFestivals Observed

I know not the LORD, neither will let Israel go." And they said, "The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he smite us either with pestilence or with sword."

Verse ConceptsSwordsThree DaysParticular JourneysA Feast In The WildernessGod Might Kill His People

And the scribes of the sons of Israel will be beaten, which Pharaoh's urgers on set over them, saying, Wherefore did ye not complete your allowance of brick as yesterday and the third day, also yesterday, also this day?

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesFloggingIncomplete Works

And the scribes of the sons of Israel will come in, and will cry to Pharaoh, saying, For what wilt thou do this to thy servants?

Verse ConceptsAskingWhy Do You Do This?

And the scribes of the sons of Israel will see themselves in evil, for saying, Ye shall not take away from the bricks the word of a day in its day.

Verse ConceptsNo ReductionTroubling Groups Of People

For this say thou to the sons of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I brought you forth from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I delivered you from their work, and I redeemed you with an arm stretched out and with great judgments.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod, The LordRedemption, In Everyday LifeStrength, DivineArm Of GodCaptivesStrength Of GodRemoving BurdensI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRedemptionGod's Interventionliberation

And Moses spake thus to the sons of Israel: and they heard not to Moses for shortness of spirit, and from hard work.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAnguish, CauseOther Sad PeopleDepression

Go, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he shall send forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt

And Moses will speak before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the sons of Israel heard not to me; and how shall Pharaoh hear me, and I of uncircumcised lips?

Verse ConceptsEloquencedoubtersHesitationLipsDoubtShynessTimidityUncircumcised In Heart

And Jehovah will speak to Moses and to Aaron and will command them to the sons of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt

Verse ConceptsAaron, PositionAaron, Moses SpokespersonBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Orders

These are the heads of their fathers’ families:

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:
Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
These are the clans of Reuben.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsOrder In The Home

They having spoken to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt; this Moses and Aaron.

Thou shalt speak all that I shall command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak to Pharaoh, and he sent forth the sons of Israel out of his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Position

And Pharaoh will not hear to you; and I gave ray hand upon Egypt, and I brought forth my army, my people the sons of Israel, out of Egypt, with great judgments.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands In OppositionEarthly ArmiesGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that the Israelites own will die.”

Verse ConceptsPlaguesNot DyingGod Differentiating

And Jehovah will do this word in the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt will die: and from the cattle of the sons of Israel, not one died.

Verse ConceptsPlaguesDeath Of CreaturesNot Dying

And Pharaoh will send, and behold, from the cattle of Israel, there died not even one And the heart of Pharaoh will be heavy, and he sent not forth the people.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartNot DyingObstinate Individuals

Only in the land of Goshen, there were the sons of Israel, was no hail.

And Pharaoh's heart will be bound fast, and he sent not forth the sons of Israel; as Jehovah spake by the hand of Moses.

They saw not a man his brother, and they rose not up each from his lower part, three days: and to all the sons of Israel there was light in their dwellings.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalPlaguesThree DaysLight In The WorldUnseenMoving To A New Place

But against all the Israelites, whether man or beast, not even a dog will snarl, so that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Verse ConceptsdogsPlaguesBarking And HowlingGod DifferentiatingBoth Men And Animals AffectedKnowing God's Characterisrael

And Moses and Aaron did all these signs before Pharaoh; and Jehovah will bind fast Pharaoh's heart, and he sent not forth the sons of Israel from his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Moses SpokespersonMiracles, Responses ToGod Hardening PeopleOther Miracles

Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ households, one animal per household.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsFamiliesFamily FirstProtecting Your Family

You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambThe Number FourteenTwilightKilling Sacrifices

You must eat unleavened bread for seven days. On the first day you must remove yeast from your houses. Whoever eats what is leavened from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentSevenSeven DaysThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Yeast must not be found in your houses for seven days. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreign resident or native of the land, must be cut off from the community of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadDisfellowshipSeven DaysForeigners Included In The LawThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select an animal from the flock according to your families, and slaughter the Passover animal.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsMoses, Significance OfKilling SacrificesOthers SummoningSheep And GoatsThe Elders Gathered

And they said, This the sacrifice of the passing over to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt in his striking the Egyptians, and he delivered our houses. And the people will bow down and will worship.

Verse ConceptsBowingProperty, HousesPassing OverReverence, And ObedienceBowing Heads Before GodGod KillingRegulations For PassoverWorshipping GodGod Killed The Peoples

And the sons of Israel will go, and will do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; thus did they.

And he will call for Moses and for Aaron by night, and he will say, Arise, go forth from the midst of my people, also ye, also the sons of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah as ye spake.

Verse ConceptsDuring One NightKings SummoningWorship God!

And the sons of Israel did as Moses spake: and they will ask of the Egyptians, silver vessels and gold vessels,' and garments.

Verse ConceptsGoldPeople Giving Clothesjewelry

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When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

Then Jesus and His disciples left Galilee and went to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way there He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

One day while He was praying in solitude, His disciples were nearby, and He asked them, "Who do people say that I am?"


And you are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the sacred compact which God made with your forefathers, when He said to Abraham: 'All the families of the earth are to be blessed through your posterity.'









































































Be quick to come to terms with your opponent while you are on the road to court with him, so that he may not turn you over to the judge and the judge turn you over to the officer, and you be put in prison.








"Once there was in a city a judge who had no reverence for God nor respect for men.


























the light of the lamp will never shine in you again; the voice of bride and bridegroom will never be heard in you again. For your businessmen were the great men of the earth; by your magic all the nations have been led astray;










the light of the lamp will never shine in you again; the voice of bride and bridegroom will never be heard in you again. For your businessmen were the great men of the earth; by your magic all the nations have been led astray;















so that all who have refused to believe the truth but have chosen unrighteousness instead might be condemned.









so that all who have refused to believe the truth but have chosen unrighteousness instead might be condemned.











These persons are grumblers, ever complaining about their lot. They live to satisfy their evil passions, their lips boast arrogant things, and they flatter others for personal gain.





















Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem.




The Jews then said to one another, "Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? He is not going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and going to teach the Greeks, is He?







James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes that are scattered over the world.






The Jews then said to one another, "Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? He is not going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and going to teach the Greeks, is He?




they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."









they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."














































And yet not a single hair on your head will perish.





































This is what God promised: 'His descendants will be strangers living in a foreign land, and its people will enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.'








This is what God promised: 'His descendants will be strangers living in a foreign land, and its people will enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.'









There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had issued an edict for all Jews to leave Rome. So Paul paid them a visit,






and brought them to the chiefs of the police court. They said, "These men are Jews; they continue to make great disturbance in our town




They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the heathen, until the times of the heathen come to full measure.










"Do not injure the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the slaves of our God with His seal on their foreheads."








He will come and put those tenants to death and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May it never be so!"

If some of the branches have been broken off, and yet you, although you were wild olive suckers, have been grafted in among the native branches, and been made to share the rich sap of the native olive's root,


For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"

"This, I tell you, is why the kingdom will be taken away from you, and given to a people who will pay a fair rent for it.


He will come and put those tenants to death and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May it never be so!"

If some of the branches have been broken off, and yet you, although you were wild olive suckers, have been grafted in among the native branches, and been made to share the rich sap of the native olive's root,


For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"

"This, I tell you, is why the kingdom will be taken away from you, and given to a people who will pay a fair rent for it.


"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.






Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said:






As the time approached for realizing the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people multiplied and became more numerous in Egypt,






















This is what God promised: 'His descendants will be strangers living in a foreign land, and its people will enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.'

I mean this: The law which was given four hundred and thirty years later could not annul the contract which had already been ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.
































Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

Thus many of the Jews, who came to see Mary and who saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him;

for on account of him many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus.

And so many of them at that place believed in Him.

They gave the glory to God, when they heard it, and said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous champions of the law.





Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his kinsmen, seventy-five in all;












circumcised when I was a week old; a descendant of Israel; a member of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew, a son of Hebrews. Measured by the law, I was a Pharisee;





































































































































until another king, who knew nothing about Joseph, ascended the throne. By taking a cunning advantage of our race he oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to expose their infants so that they should not live. At this time Moses was born. He was a divinely beautiful child. For three months he was cared for in his father's house. read more.
When he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. Thus





















This is what God promised: 'His descendants will be strangers living in a foreign land, and its people will enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.' But God further promised: 'I will pass sentence on the nation that enslaves them, and after that they will leave that country and worship me on this very spot.'








and gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years. And after that He gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.





























He will come and put those tenants to death and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May it never be so!"

"This, I tell you, is why the kingdom will be taken away from you, and given to a people who will pay a fair rent for it.

























































































































































































































































































































It had a great, high wall, with twelve huge gates, and twelve angels in charge of the gates, which had inscribed upon them the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.










After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind should blow on the earth, the sea, or any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God, and he cried out to the four angels who had the power to injure the earth and the sea: "Do not injure the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the slaves of our God with His seal on their foreheads." read more.
And I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand. Those that were marked with the seal were from every tribe of the children of Israel: twelve thousand from the tribe of Judah; twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben; twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad; twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher; twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali; twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh; twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon; twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi; twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar; twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulon; twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph; twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin.


































Now while the people were on tiptoe in their expectations, and they were all arguing in their hearts about John whether he was himself the Christ,










































































For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.


For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.