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  • For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession. (Psalms 134, 4)

  • Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord God himself, (Psalms 145, 5)

  • He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel. (Psalms 147, 8)

  • And the land shook on behalf of the inhabitants in it, and the entire house of Jacob was clothed with confusion. (1 Maccabees 1, 29)

  • And he provoked many kings, and he gave joy to Jacob by his works, and his memory will be a blessing for all generations. (1 Maccabees 3, 7)

  • Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert. There was no one who entered or exited from among her children. And the sanctuary was trampled upon, and the sons of foreigners were in the stronghold. This place was the habitation of the Gentiles. And delight was taken away from Jacob, and the music of flute and harp ceased in that place. (1 Maccabees 3, 45)

  • And they intended to destroy the people of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them. (1 Maccabees 5, 2)

  • And so Judas chose Eupolemus, the son of John, the son of Jacob, and Jason, the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make an agreement of friendship and an alliance with them, (1 Maccabees 8, 17)

  • May God be gracious to you, and may he remember his covenant, which was spoken to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants. (2 Maccabees 1, 2)

  • There is yet another kind of talk which faces death; let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 15)

  • And he said to me: ‘Let your dwelling place be with Jacob, and let your inheritance be in Israel, for you shall take root among my elect.’ (Ecclesiasticus 24, 13)

  • Moses commanded the law by the precepts of justice, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 33)


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