Jacob or Ya'akov, (יַעֲקֹב, Hebrew Standard Ya ʿ aqov, Hebrew Tiberian Ya ʿ ăqōḇ; Arabic يعقوب Ya ʿ qūb, language Ge'ez ያዕቆብ Ya ʿ iqob), also called Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל, Hebrew Standard Yisra ʾ el, Hebrew Tiberias Yiśrā ʾ el; Arabic اسرائيل, Isra ʾ il; Ge'ez language እሥራኤል ʾ Isra el) is the third ancestral nation of Israel as portrayed in the Bible. His father was Isaac, and his grandfather Abraham. He played an important role in a number of events in the Book of Genesis.
Jacob according to Jewish and Christian
Jacob called the name together with his father and grandfather. When God reveals Himself to Moses in a burning bush, God said: "Say to the Israelites: JEHOVAH [Tetragrammaton YHWH, Yahweh], the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: that's my name for ever and that's my title is hereditary. "(Exodus 3:15)