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Hebrew patriarch , son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham , and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel.
His story is told in the Book of Genesis . The younger twin brother of Esau, he used trickery to gain Isaac's blessing and Esau's birthright. On a journey to Canaan he wrestled all night with an angel, who blessed him and gave him the name Israel. Jacob had 13 children, 10 of whom founded tribes of Israel . His favorite son, Joseph , was sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, but the family was later reunited when a famine forced the brothers to go to Egypt to seek grain.
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Astor John Jacob
Berzelius Jöns Jacob Baron
Burckhardt Jacob Christopher
Camerarius Rudolph Jacob
Epstein Sir Jacob
Frank Jacob
Jacob Leibowicz
Jacob Gershvin
Grimm Jacob Ludwig Carl and Wilhelm Carl
Henle Friedrich Gustav Jacob
Jacob ben Asher
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Jordaens Jacob
Lawrence Jacob
Leisler Jacob
Chaim Jacob Lipchitz
Jacob Offenbach
Perkins Jacob
Pissarro Jacob Abraham Camille
Riis Jacob August
Ruisdael Jacob Isaakszoon van
Schiff Jacob Henry
Schleiden Mathias Jacob
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky