Jacob of the Bible 
Jacob was born in Haran, Padan-Aram. Jacob's father is Isaac of the Bible and his mother was Rebekah of the Bible. His paternal grandfather was Abraham of the Bible and his paternal grandmother is Sarai (SARAH) of the Bible; his maternal grandparents are Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah daughter of Haran. He had a brother named Esau. He died in 1715 in Rameses, Goshen, Eqypt.General Notes
Jacob, in the Old Testament, one of the Hebrew patriarchs, son of Isaac and Rebekah, and grandson of Abraham. After depriving his brother Esau of their father's blessing and of his birthright by trickery, Jacob fled to the house of his uncle, Laban, where he worked for many years, and married Laban's daughters, Leah and Rachel. His wives and their handmaidens, Zilpah and Bilhah, bore him 12 sons, who became the patriarchs of the 12 tribes of Israel. Leah bore Issachar, Judah, Levi, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulun; Rachel bore Joseph and Benjamin; Zilpah bore Gad and Asher; and Bilhah bore Dan and Naphtali.
The story of Jacob is told in Genesis 25-35. Outstanding events in Jacob's life were the vision (of “Jacob's ladder”) and blessing received at Bethel (see Genesis 28:10-22) and the bestowal of the name Israel upon him by a divine adversary after they had struggled (see Genesis 32:24-32). As the figure of Esau is taken to represent the nation of Edom (see Genesis 36:8), so the figure of Jacob, or Israel, personifies the nation of Israel. Thus the prophet Hosea saw Jacob's experiences as typifying those of his people (see Hosea 12) around 1700 bc.
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- b. in Ur, Chaldea d. in Ur, Chaldea
- b. in Ur, Chaldea d. in Ur, Chaldea
- b. in Ur, Chaldea d. in Hebron, Canaan, Palestine
- b. in Padan-Aram
- b. in Haran, Padan-Aram d.1715 in Rameses, Goshen, Eqypt
- b. in Ur, Chaldea d. in Ur, Chaldea
- b. in Beersheba, Palastine d. in Canaan
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Jacob and Zilpah were married in a religious ceremony in 1789 in Padan-Aram. They had two sons named Asher and Gad.
Jacob and Leah were married in a religious ceremony in 1798 in Padan-Aram. They had seven sons and a daughter, named Ephraim, Isaachar, Levi, Rueben, Simeon, Zebulun, Judah and Dinah.
Jacob and Bilhah were married in a religious ceremony in padan-Aram. They had a son, and also a child of unknown gender named Dan and Naphtali.
Jacob and Rachel were married in a religious ceremony in Padan-Aram. They had two sons named Benjamin and Joseph.
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