Jakob is the progenitor of the twelve tribes through Leah and Rachel and their maids. He was renamed 'Israel' by the Lord God but, unlike Avram renamed to Abraham, the Biblical narrative does not retain the new name after the event.
There is an instance in the narrative where 'Jakobed' is used as a stand-in for "tricked."
The fact that Jakob continued as the trickster even after the renaming is a generalization of his specific situation into the geopolitical realm. This is an intervention of the Colonizer Lord God in human history.
Quote:Jacob (pronounced /ÃËdÃâeêkÃâ¢b/; Hebrew: Ãâ¢Ã·Ã¢Ã²Ã§Ã¹Ãâââ¬Å½, Standard Yaÿakov; Septuagint Greek: ἸñúÎò; "heel" or "leg-puller", Arabic: ÊùÃâÃËè Yaÿqà «<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />, also known as Israel (Hebrew: Ãâ¢Ã´Ã©Ã°ÃâèøÃÂõÃÅââ¬Å½, Standard Yisraþel, IsrÃÂþël; Septuagint Greek: ἸÃÆÃÂñîû; "persevere with God"[1]), as described in the Hebrew Bible, was the third patriarch of the Jewish people whom God made a covenant with, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, named after his descendants.
There is an instance in the narrative where 'Jakobed' is used as a stand-in for "tricked."
The fact that Jakob continued as the trickster even after the renaming is a generalization of his specific situation into the geopolitical realm. This is an intervention of the Colonizer Lord God in human history.