Pray with Jacob
Fleeing one brother to face another, he prayed the night before he met Esau, and blessed his grandsons at the end of his life.
OT
JacobAnd Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children.Genesis 32:9-11 · ESVPeople of the Bible2 / 36
JacobAnd Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children.Genesis 32:9-11 · ESVPeople of the Bible2 / 36Prayer 1 of 2 · prayed with 0 of 36
How to pray this card
- Who prayed it
- Jacob
- Context
- Heading home from Laban, Jacob sent messengers ahead to Esau, the brother he feared (Genesis 32:3-5, 11). Told Esau was coming with four hundred men, Jacob was greatly afraid and split his people into two camps (32:6-7).
- Read how Jacob prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
- Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
- Read the verses that name Jacob, further down this page.
Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.
In the same story
Where Jacob appears
Jacob is named in 1009 verses across 37 books
Chapter and verse, book by book.
| Book | Where | Verses |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis | Chapters2527282930313233343536374243454647484950 | 187 |
| Exodus | Chapters1234567910111213141516171819202425272829303132333435363940 | 165 |
| Leviticus | Chapters147910111215161718192021222324252627 | 59 |
| Numbers | Chapters12356891011131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536 | 160 |
| Deuteronomy | 1:31:83:184:444:454:466:109:59:2710:624:729:129:1330:2031:1931:2231:2332:832:932:4932:5132:5233:133:433:1033:2834:434:834:9 | 29 |
| Joshua | Chapters123456789101112131417181920212224 | 63 |
| Judges | Chapters123468101113192021 | 56 |
| 1 Samuel | 2:287:47:67:77:89:210:1811:812:814:1815:617:53 | 12 |
| 2 Samuel | 7:67:721:223:1 | 4 |
| 1 Kings | 6:16:138:18:98:639:209:219:2211:212:1712:2412:3314:2418:2018:3119:1019:1420:1520:2720:2921:26 | 21 |
| 2 Kings | 8:1213:513:2316:317:717:817:917:2217:2417:3418:421:221:9 | 13 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1:436:6416:1316:1727:1 | 5 |
| 2 Chronicles | 5:25:106:117:38:28:88:910:1710:1813:1213:1613:1828:328:830:630:2131:131:531:633:233:934:3335:17 | 23 |
| Ezra | 3:16:166:217:7 | 4 |
| Nehemiah | 1:62:107:738:148:179:110:3913:2 | 8 |
| Psalms | 14:720:122:2324:644:446:746:1147:453:659:1369:671:2275:976:677:1578:578:2178:7179:781:181:484:885:187:294:799:4103:7105:6105:10105:23114:1114:7132:2132:5135:4146:5147:19148:14 | 38 |
| Isaiah | Chapters2891014172729314041424344454648495859606566 | 45 |
| Jeremiah | 2:43:215:2010:1610:2516:1416:1523:730:730:1030:1831:731:1132:3032:3233:2646:2746:2850:450:3351:19 | 21 |
| Lamentations | 1:172:22:3 | 3 |
| Ezekiel | 2:34:136:520:528:2535:537:1637:2137:2539:2543:744:944:1547:2248:11 | 15 |
| Daniel | 1:3 | 1 |
| Hosea | 1:101:113:13:43:54:110:1112:212:12 | 9 |
| Joel | 3:16 | 1 |
| Amos | 2:113:13:123:134:56:87:27:58:79:79:8 | 11 |
| Obadiah | 1:101:171:181:20 | 4 |
| Micah | 1:52:72:123:13:83:94:25:35:75:87:20 | 11 |
| Nahum | 2:2 | 1 |
| Malachi | 1:22:123:6 | 3 |
| Matthew | 1:28:1122:3227:9 | 4 |
| Mark | 12:26 | 1 |
| Luke | 1:161:333:3413:2820:37 | 5 |
| John | 4:54:64:12 | 3 |
| Acts | 3:135:217:87:127:147:157:237:327:377:469:1510:36 | 12 |
| Romans | 9:139:2711:26 | 3 |
| 2 Corinthians | 3:73:13 | 2 |
| Hebrews | 11:911:2011:2111:22 | 4 |
| Revelation | 2:147:421:12 | 3 |
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