He did not know how God’s promise to Abraham would work out, but he believed that Jehovah would greatly multiply the offspring of his grandfather, whose descendants would become a great nation.
देवाकडून आशीर्वाद मिळवण्यासाठी नेटाने प्रयत्न करणे आवश्‍यक आहे असे जे बायबल म्हणते त्यावरून आपल्याला कदाचित कुलपिता याकोबाची आठवण होईल.