1. jacob - Noun
2. Jacob - Proper noun
A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel... Jonathan Sacks
Goddamn you,” Jacob said. "There's no damnation, Jacob. No Heaven but the forest and no God but the hive. Robert Charles Wilson
I have written a book with Jacob Laksin about universities called One Party Classroom. Among other things, the title highlights the fact that so-called liberals have purged American faculties of conservative voices. It has been the most successful witch-hunt in American history. David Horowitz
There's something I prefer not saying, I will say this. I'm a believer in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I believe the seventh-day Sabbath is God's way. I believe we should eat kosher. I was invited to a party night before last. Rod Stewart's. I didn't go, because I open the Sabbath on Friday. Little Richard
Seven years Jacob served as a shepherd for Laban, lovely Rachel's father, laboring not for the father but anxious only for her as his reward. Luís de Camões
I hate you, Jacob Black." "That's good. Hate is a passionate emotion." "I'll give you passionate," I muttered under my breath. "Murder, the ultimate crime of passion. Stephenie Meyer