Bible Overview 06 - Covenant People

God's covenant is passed from Abraham to Isaac, and from Isaac to Jacob, as God begins to form His people.

Jacob spends his whole life trying to achieve for himself the covenant blessings God had already promised. He wrestles with the Lord and is renamed, "Israel."

Jacob is the father of twelve boys who become the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Through Jacob's son, Joseph, God will bring the fledging nation into Egypt, which acts as a protective womb to grow a nation.