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Yaakov

Jacob
Rembrandt - Jacob Wrestling with the Angel - Google Art Project.jpg
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, by Rembrandt
Born Canaan
Died New Kingdom of Egypt
Other names Israel
Children 12 sons (Twelve Tribes of Israel), 1 known daughter (Dinah)
Parent(s) Isaac and Rebecca
Relatives Abraham (grandfather)
Sarah (grandmother)
Ishmael (uncle)
Esau (twin brother)
Rachel (cousin, wife)
Leah (cousin, wife)
Jacob/Israel
Jacob (Israel).jpg
Russian Orthodox Icon of St. Jacob, 18th century (Iconostasis) of Kizhi monastery, Russia
Prophet, Patriarch
Venerated in Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Bahá'í Faith
Major shrine Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron

Jacob (/ˈkəb/; Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Modern About this sound Yaʿakov , Tiberian Jaʕăqob; "heel"; Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎‎ Yaʿqūb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant. He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, Sarah and Bethuel, the nephew of Ishmael, and the younger twin brother of Esau. Jacob had twelve sons and at least one daughter, by his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and by their handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah.


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