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Jacob

Mentioned in AD 26 traditional (Jones)

Son of Matthan. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Matthew 1:15.

Compiled from the tagged verses.

Father
Matthan
Child
Joseph
Tagged in
2 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Timeline

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Mentions

2 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Matthew2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBJacob 409
KJVJacob 377
ASVJacob 376

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew2 verses
  1. 1:15

    Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

  2. 1:16

    and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.