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Facts

Also Known As Yaʿqūb • Yisraʾel • Isrāʾīl • Israel • Yaʿaqov
Notable Family Members spouse Rachel • spouse Leah • father Isaac • mother Rebekah • son Joseph • brother Esau

Photos

Jacob
Isaac Blessing Jacob
Jacob's ladder
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
Jacob's Dream
Painting by Claes Moeyaert showing Jacob meeting Rachel near a well, with figures, goats, and sheep in a pastoral landscape.
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József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
Rebekah and Eliezer at the Well
Rebekah
biblical figure
Joseph, his many-colored coat, and his jealous brothers
Joseph
biblical figure
The Construction of the Tower of Babel
Nimrod
biblical figure
Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.
Samson
biblical figure
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah
biblical figure
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
David slays Goliath
Goliath
biblical figure
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Elijah
Hebrew prophet
Benjamin West: Hagar and Ishmael
Ishmael
son of Abraham
Jacob Returning to Canaan with Rachael and Leah Pursued by Laban
Leah
biblical figure
Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.
Joshua
Hebrew leader
Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.
Isaac
Hebrew patriarch
The Reconciliation Between Jacob and Esau
Esau
biblical figure
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
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Dinah
biblical figure
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Zephaniah
Hebrew prophet
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Zechariah
Hebrew prophet