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Esau is furious and vows to kill Jacob [11] as soon as their father has died. Rebecca intervenes to save her younger son Jacob from being murdered by her elder son, Esau. [12] At Rebecca's urging, Jacob flees to a distant land to work for his mother's brother, Laban. [13] She explains to Isaac that she has sent Jacob to find a wife among her ...
Esau [a] is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible.He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis [3] and by the prophets Obadiah [4] and Malachi. [5] The story of Esau and Jacob reflects the historical relationship between Israel and Edom, aiming to explain why Israel, despite being a younger kingdom, dominated Edom. [6]
Jacob and Esau were born when Isaac was 60 (Gen. 25:26); at that time Ishmael was 74. Right after Jacob receives the blessings and flees to Laban, the Torah states that Esau married "Mahalat, the daughter of Ishmael, son of Abraham, sister of Nebaiot " (Gen. 28:9), on which Rashi, quoting Megillah 17a, notes that Ishmael died between the ...
Eliezer chose the Aramean Rebekah for Isaac. After many years of marriage to Isaac, Rebekah had still not given birth to a child and was believed to be barren. Isaac prayed for her and she conceived. Rebekah gave birth to twin boys, Esau and Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when his two sons were born. [18] Isaac favored Esau, and Rebekah favored ...
Fooled by his youngest son, Jacob, and his wife, Rebekah, Isaac hands over the blessing and birth right of his favoured son, Esau, bringing about great suffering for his family but also, strangely, their salvation. Rebekah: In contrast with her husband, Isaac, Rebekah is decisive, quick-witted, and driven. Motivated by a desire to see the ...
Described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel, Jacob is presented as the second-born among Isaac's children. His fraternal twin brother is the elder, named Esau , according to the biblical account.
The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They play significant roles in Hebrew scripture during ...
Isaac bade his son to come close and kiss him, and Isaac smelled his clothes, remarking that he smelled like the fields. [47] The fifth reading ends here. [48] Isaac upon Esau's Return (fresco circa 1292–1294 by Giotto di Bondone)