Its name, Ohel Yaakov, means "Tent of Jacob" and alludes to the biblical Jacob, who "dwelled in tents" according to Genesis 25:27.

Jacob called his baby son Benjamin (he likens himself to the biblical Jacob whose wife, Rachel, died in the childbirth of the biblical Benjamin); he traveled to the Land of Israel with the infant.

Rabbi Solomon Gelbman, a Satmar historian, said that Rabbi Teitelbaum, known to his followers by his Hebrew name, Moshe, had likened himself to the biblical Jacob, who considered himself custodian of the great works begun by Isaac and Abraham before him.

The Nation of Islam theology claims that Yakub is the biblical Jacob.

The newly discovered drawing, worked on each side, presents two lively versions - one a rather finished chalk drawing, the other a cruder sketch in brown ink - of the biblical Jacob in a sort of sweetly ecstatic snooze at Bethel.

Passion flares between Sobran and Xas, who quarrel and even wrestle, like the biblical Jacob and the angel.

His disciples regard themselves as the real children of Israel, descendants of the biblical Jacob.

Many works also contain small insets of the Milky Way and the Big Dipper, appropriate inclusions since the biblical Jacob aspired to heaven.

Adherents of Christian Identity claim that Europeans are the true descendants of the biblical Jacob, hence they are the true Israel, and that it is those who are against the interests of European-descended Christians that are the true anti-Semites.

The Stone of Scone is believed to be the Stone of Destiny and also believed to be the biblical Jacob's Pillow Stone which is used for the coronation of many kings.