Atlas Biblica

    name · 2 people

    Jacob

    2 people in the registry answer to the name Jacob. One of them is named otherwise and called Jacob in the text.

    01 — Candidates

    Which Jacob

    Ordered by how often the text names each one, the entities called Jacob before those that answer to it. Where two read the same, the registry says no more than that — the first reference is what separates them.

    1. Jacobperson

      First named in Matthew 1:15 · 2 verses

      Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus.STEPBible TIPNR

    2. Israelperson

      First named in Genesis 25:26 · 2,578 verses

      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.STEPBible TIPNR

      Called Jacob in the text; named Israel.

    02 — Elsewhere

    Every one of them, and the rest

    A name page answers one question and ends here, so the routes out are the indexes the candidates came from.

    IndexPeopleEvery person in Atlas Biblica, most connected first.IndexShared namesEvery name in the registry carried by more than one person, place or group.