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But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?” (Genesis 32, 28)
Jacob questioned him, “Tell me, by what name are you called?” He responded, “Why do you ask my name?” And he blessed him in the same place. (Genesis 32, 29)
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.” (Genesis 32, 30)
For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob’s thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed. (Genesis 32, 32)
Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids. (Genesis 33, 1)
And Jacob said: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to me, (Genesis 33, 10)
And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day. (Genesis 33, 13)
And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’ (Genesis 33, 17)
But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back. (Genesis 34, 5)
Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob, (Genesis 34, 6)
behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act. (Genesis 34, 7)
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister: (Genesis 34, 13)