Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard Yaʿaqov; Septuagint Greek: Ἰακώβ; "heel" or "leg-puller"), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Yisraʾel, Isrāʾīl; Septuagint Greek: Ἰσραήλ; "struggler with God"; pronounced /ˈdʒeɪkəb/), was the third Biblical patriarch and ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel, named after ten of his twelve sons, as well as the two sons of his son Joseph.
The Bible says he was the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the g...
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Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard Yaʿaqov; Septuagint Greek: Ἰακώβ; "heel" or "leg-puller"), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Yisraʾel, Isrāʾīl; Septuagint Greek: Ἰσραήλ; "struggler with God"; pronounced /ˈdʒeɪkəb/), was the third Biblical patriarch and ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel, named after ten of his twelve sons, as well as the two sons of his son Joseph.
The Bible says he was the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham and Sarah and of Bethuel, and the twin brother of Esau. He had twelve sons and one daughter by his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah. The children were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, daughter Dinah, Joseph, and Benjamin. Before the birth of Benjamin, Jacob is renamed "Israel" by an angel, the name after which the modern nation of Israel is named.
As a result of a severe famine in Canaan, Jacob resettled his whole family in Egypt, in the Land of...
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