Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Hebrew name Ya'qob translates directly to heel-catcher, supplanter, or he who follows upon the heels of one. Jacob was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau, a physical detail that defined his entire existence and etymology.
Jacob traded a bowl of red stew for his brother Esau's birthright when Esau returned famished from the fields. Rebecca orchestrated a deception by dressing Jacob in Esau's garments and covering his smooth skin with goat skins to mimic Esau's hairiness, leading Isaac to bestow the blessing of abundance and lordship upon Jacob.
Jacob agreed to work seven years for Laban to win Rachel's hand, but Laban deceived him by substituting the older sister Leah for Rachel on the wedding night. Jacob agreed to work another seven years for Rachel, and over the next fourteen years he fathered twelve children through his two wives and their handmaids.
Jacob wrestled with a mysterious being until daybreak at the ford of Jabbok, where the being touched the sinew of Jacob's thigh causing him to develop a permanent limp. The being declared that Jacob would be called Israel from that moment on, meaning one who has prevailed with God or a prince with God.
Israel's heart stood still when his sons returned to Hebron with news that Joseph was still alive and was the governor over all of Egypt. Israel declared that he would go and see Joseph before he died, and his entire house of seventy gathered up with all their livestock to begin their journey to Egypt.
Israel was buried in the cave of Machpelah, the property of Abraham when he bought it from the Hittite Ephron. Scholars have taken a mixed view as to Jacob's historicity, with archaeology so far producing no evidence for his existence and recent scholarship suggesting these narratives are late literary compositions with ideological purposes.