Jacob

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Painting by Peter Paul Rubens showing Jacob and Esau meeting and embracing, surrounded by animals, women, and attendants, with a dramatic sky and trees in the background.

Joseph, his many-colored coat, and his jealous brothers

Painting by Claes Moeyaert showing Jacob meeting Rachel near a well, with figures, goats, and sheep in a pastoral landscape.

Jacob: Media

Hebrew patriarch

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Jacob

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, etching by Léon Bonnat, 1876; in the Yale...

Yale University Art Gallery

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Isaac Blessing Jacob, oil on canvas, by Govert Flinck, c. 1638; in the Rijksmuseum,...

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (SK-A-110)

Jacob's ladder

A vibrant painting of Jacob's ladder, Avignon school, c. 1490; in the Musée du Petit...

The Reconciliation Between Jacob and Esau

The Reconciliation Between Jacob and Esau, oil on panel, by Peter Paul Rubens,...

Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Joseph, his many-colored coat, and his jealous brothers

Joseph Being Stripped of His Cloak, by Jan Rombouts, c. 1520–25, stained...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 (17.120.16), www.metmuseum.org

Jacob's Dream

Jacob's Dream, oil on canvas, by Sir James Thornhill, 1705; in the Yale...

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, Paul Mellon Collection (B1981.25.626), collections.britishart.yale.edu.

The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel

The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel, oil on panel by Claes Moeyaert, c. 1638;...

Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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