Jacob in Islam

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Ya'qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Tarakh (Arabic: يعقوب بن إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن تارخ [jaquːb ibn isħaːq ibn ibraːhiːm ibn tarːakh], transl. Jacob, son of Isaac, the son of Abraham), later given the name Isra'il (إِسْرَائِيل, transl. 'Israel'), is recognized by Muslims as an Islamic prophet. He is held to have preached the same monotheism as his forefathers: Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac. Jacob is mentioned sixteen times in the Quran. Two further references to "Israil" are believed to be mentions of Jacob. According to the Bible, Jacob was born in Canaan, the land where his father Isaac and grandfather Abraham had settled. Specifically, Genesis mentions that Isaac lived in Beersheba (Genesis 25:27), which is where his twin sons, Esau and Jacob, were born. At that time, the name "Israel" did not yet exist as a country. It was later, after his struggle with an angel, that Jacob was given the name Israel, and his descendants, the twelve tribes, would form the people of Israel and settle in the...

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