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  2. Rebecca - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca [a] (/ r ɪ ˈ b ɛ k ə /) appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. [3] Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother ...

  3. Esau - Wikipedia

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    Jacob and Esau were the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel. Isaac was sixty years old when the boys were born. Esau, a "man of the field", became a hunter [1] who had "rough" [2] qualities

  4. Jacob and Esau - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Isaac - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Wives of Esau - Wikipedia

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    Esau's family is again revisited in Genesis 36, this passage names two Canaanite wives; Adhah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and a third: Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. Some scholars equate the three wives mentioned in Genesis 26 and 28 with those in ...

  7. Jacob - Wikipedia

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    When the time came for Rebecca to give birth, the firstborn, Esau, came out covered with red hair, as if he were wearing a hairy garment, and his heel was grasped by the hand of Jacob, the secondborn. According to Genesis 25, Isaac and Rebecca named the first son Esau (Hebrew: עשו). [14]

  8. List of rulers of Edom - Wikipedia

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    Esau עֵשָׂו (Edom אֱדֹֽום) Married three wives [1]. Reuel [2] רְעוּאֵֽל By Basemath בָּשְׂמַ֥ת (daughter of Elon the Hittite, wife of Ishmael?) [3] Also called Mahalath (the sister of Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael) Married just after Jacob's flight to Haran

  9. Category:Esau - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Esau" ... Rebecca; The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob; W. Wives of Esau This page was last edited on 10 February 2024, at 00:24 ...