Jacob

:This is an article about the bibilical patriarch Jacob. For other uses of the name, see Jacob (disambiguation).

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Jacob or Ya'akov, (יַעֲקֹב "Holder of the heel", Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic يعقوب Yaʿqūb), later known as Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Prince with God", Standard Hebrew Yisraʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Yiśrāʾēl; Arabic اسرائيل Isrāʾīl) is a Biblical patriarch. His story is told in the Book of Genesis.

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Standard Hebrew - Tiberian Hebrew - Arabic - Biblical - Patriarch - Book of Genesis

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Jacob was continually praised by God, and never criticized. In fact, he is the only person in Scripture whom God said he "loved". (Malachi 1:2–3, "...I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau...")

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God - Scripture - Malachi - Esau

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He purchased the birthright from his brother Esau for a pot of soup, and his wife Rachel from his uncle Laban in return for seven years labour. God later renamed Jacob to Israel after he wrestled with an angel (Genesis 32:23-30), and he would become the father of the Israelites.

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Birthright - Rachel - Laban - Israel - Angel - Israelites

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