What the Bible and history tell us about the claim that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants.

To Jacob (Gen 26:3; 31:3), to Moses (Ex 3:12), and to Moses’ successor Joshua (Jos 1:5; 3:7), God says, “I shall be with you.” God’s words are a divine promise. God will accompany his ...

As Jacob lay there one evening, his life flashed before him. He had deceived his dying father into believing he was passing on the family blessing to his oldest, Esau, when it was actually Jacob.

By R.A. Mathews Life had weathered him. In 1948, on the heels of WWII, Winston Churchill famously said, “Those that fail to ...

As Jewish sources tell it, the story harks back 3,400 years to the family of Jacob ... given their promised land after ...

In return, God promised to give Abraham and his wife Sarah ... and Isaac handed it on to his own son, Jacob. Therefore Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are known as Israel’s patriarchs.