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1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!

Make his doings known among the peoples.

2Sing to him, sing praises to him!

Tell of all his marvelous works.

3Glory in his holy name.

Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

4Seek Yahweh and his strength.

Seek his face forever more.

5Remember his marvelous works that he has done:

his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

6you offspring of Abraham, his servant,

you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

7He is Yahweh, our God.

His judgments are in all the earth.

8He has remembered his covenant forever,

the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

9the covenant which he made with Abraham,

his oath to Isaac,

10and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute;

to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,

the lot of your inheritance,”

12when they were but a few men in number,

yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

13They went about from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people.

14He allowed no one to do them wrong.

Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

15“Don’t touch my anointed ones!

Do my prophets no harm!”

16He called for a famine on the land.

He destroyed the food supplies.

17He sent a man before them.

Joseph was sold for a slave.

18They bruised his feet with shackles.

His neck was locked in irons,

19until the time that his word happened,

and Yahweh’s word proved him true.

20The king sent and freed him,

even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

21He made him lord of his house,

and ruler of all of his possessions,

22to discipline his princes at his pleasure,

and to teach his elders wisdom.

23Israel also came into Egypt.

Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

24He increased his people greatly,

and made them stronger than their adversaries.

25He turned their heart to hate his people,

to conspire against his servants.

26He sent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27They performed miracles among them,

and wonders in the land of Ham.

28He sent darkness, and made it dark.

They didn’t rebel against his words.

29He turned their waters into blood,

and killed their fish.

30Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in the rooms of their kings.

31He spoke, and swarms of flies came,

and lice in all their borders.

32He gave them hail for rain,

with lightning in their land.

33He struck their vines and also their fig trees,

and shattered the trees of their country.

34He spoke, and the locusts came

with the grasshoppers, without number.

35They ate up every plant in their land,

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36He struck also all the firstborn in their land,

the first fruits of all their manhood.

37He brought them out with silver and gold.

There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

38Egypt was glad when they departed,

for the fear of them had fallen on them.

39He spread a cloud for a covering,

fire to give light in the night.

40They asked, and he brought quails,

and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.

They ran as a river in the dry places.

42For he remembered his holy word,

and Abraham, his servant.

43He brought his people out with joy,

his chosen with singing.

44He gave them the lands of the nations.

They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

45that they might keep his statutes,

and observe his laws.

Praise Yah!

Biography of Jacob

Biography of Jacob

Biography | Ps 105:6 | Hershel Wayne House

Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, born immediately after Esau, and Abraham was his grandfather. He achieved the right of the firstborn by trickery, in offering his older brother, Esau, food in exchange for the birthright, who cared little for this position. He also received the blessing of firstborn from his father Jacob before his death by cunning, and with the assistance of his mother Rebekah.

After his deception of Esau, receiving the blessing from his father, Jacob escaped to his uncle Laban, who in turn deceived Jacob into working for fourteen years for the marriage of Jacob to Leah, and then his beloved Rachel. Laban also sought to deceive Jacob of wages, but God intervened to ensure he would prosper. In a time of trial, when he feared the wrath of Esau, upon returning to the land of Canaan, Jacob had an encounter with God, and his name was changed to Israel, the one who wrestles with God. Even though his early life was characterized by deception, God worked through the situation to ensure that Jacob would be the one in the line of the patriarchs, to create a great nation and ultimately fulfill His purposes in the earth, especially through the future Messiah. The Messiah would guarantee the promise of the land to Abram and a person who would rule over Abraham's descendants, but also He would bring blessings to all the people of the earth (Gen 12:1-3).

In spite of Jacob's early failure by deception, God worked through him, and finally, Jacob became a different type of man after his struggle with God. As one has said,

"Despite Jacob’s faults, God chose him to be the leader of a great nation that still bears his name today. But for this, it is unlikely that we would know much about Jacob, who appears to be in the middle of events while the key players are those around him. There is no great wisdom or bravery in Jacob to speak of, and we are tempted to see him as little more than God’s passive instrument. If we are tempted to think that, because we aren’t in the spotlight performing great acts for God, we are unimportant to Him, then we should consider the life of Jacob and know that, in spite of our failings, God can and will still use us in His plan."

For more on Jacob, see "Who was Jacob in the Bible?", https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Jacob.html