Jacob (Man living at the time of Exile and Return)

Luke's angel tells Mary that Jesus will reign ‘over the house of Jacob forever’ (1:33), the same Jacob paired with Abraham and Isaac as founding-father shorthand later (13:28, 20:37). Josephus's version of the Genesis 28 vision at Bethel has God open with almost a pep talk, don't be dejected at your present circumstances, before the land-and-descendants promise Genesis itself records.