Jacob
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Jacob, later given the name Israel, is the third Hebrew patriarch in Judaism and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Gen
Detail from Jacob Seeking the Forgiveness of Esau (1652) by Jan Victors
Jacob's Dream statue and display on the campus of Abilene Christian University
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Judah by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
Jacob offering a bowl of stew to Esau for his birthright, 18th-century painting by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez
Joseph (Genesis)
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Joseph was a dream interpreter and considered an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis.
Jacob
…Esau. Then, following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants migrated to neighbouring Egypt through the efforts of his son Joseph, who had become a confidant of the pharaoh. After dying in Egypt at the age of 147, he is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah in…
Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
Joseph's dream of grain
Joseph's dream of stars
Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob by Diego Velázquez, 1630.