Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Jacob
Answers to the following clues can be found in the Book of Genesis.
Chapter and verse are given in each clue.
ACROSS
4. Jacob’s name was changed to this.
(35:10)
6. Jacob’s first wife (29:23)
9. Father of Jacob (25:21–26)
10. Esau gave his birthright as firstborn to
Jacob for this. (25:29–34)
11. Jacob was holding onto this when he was
born. (25:26)
13. Jacob asked Laban to let him go here.
(30:25)
14. Jacob met Rachel at this spot. (29:9–14)
18. Jacob’s oldest son (35:23)
20. Jacob and his mother plotted to get Isaac
to ___ Jacob in place of Esau. (27:6–17)
DOWN
1. Where Jacob told Rachel and Leah to meet
him. (31:4)
2. Daughter of Jacob and Leah (30:21)
3. In his dream, Jacob saw a stairway, or
ladder, that reached to here. (28:12)
5. Jacob’s favorite wife (29:30)
7. This was thrown out of joint on Jacob when
he wrestled. (32:25)
8. Rebecca (Rebekah) was the ___ of Jacob.
(25:21–26)
12. Jacob and Esau were this. (25:21–26)
15. Jacob’s uncle and father-in-law (29:10,21–30)
16. Jacob’s first son with Rachel (30:22–24)
17. Number of years Jacob promised to work in
order to marry Rachel (29:18)
19. Jacob was afraid to meet him. (32:6–7)
Document #: TX005340
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