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Jacob, Hebrew patriarch who was the grandson of Abraham, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel. Stories about Jacob in the Bible begin at Genesis 25:19. According to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), Jacob was the younger twin brother of Esau, who was.
Art by Sefira Lightstone. Jacob ( Yaakov in Hebrew) was the third and final of the Jewish Patriarchs. Jacob lived in the Land of Canaan, Haran, and Egypt. Unlike Abraham and Isaac , Jacob’s entire family remained righteous—his 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel, the Shevatim.
May 19, 2004 · So, we are going to study what is revealed to us about the life of Jacob and his family and see how it is that God finally got through to him. It is significant that the author of Genesis spends ten whole chapters on Jacob. He only spent 11 chapters describing the period from creation to the flood to the tower of Babel.
