Jacob | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-03-26

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00:01:46 1 Etymology
00:03:26 2 Genesis narrative
00:03:44 2.1 Jacob and Esau's birth
00:06:08 2.2 Acquiring birthright
00:06:54 2.3 Blessing of Isaac
00:11:58 2.4 Jacob's ladder
00:13:15 2.5 Jacob's marriages
00:18:20 2.6 Journey back to Canaan
00:27:05 2.7 Jacob in Hebron
00:29:35 2.8 Seven-year famine
00:32:27 2.9 Jacob in Egypt
00:35:39 2.10 Final days
00:38:01 2.11 Children of Jacob
00:39:33 2.12 Family tree
00:39:42 3 Religious perspectives
00:39:53 3.1 Jewish tradition
00:43:12 3.2 Christianity
00:44:15 3.3 Islamic tradition
00:48:19 3.4 Non-religious perspective
00:49:11 4 Historicity



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Jacob (; Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Modern: Ya‘aqōv , Tiberian: Yā‘āqōḇ), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant. He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, Sarah and Bethuel, the nephew of Ishmael, and the younger twin brother of Esau. Jacob had twelve sons and at least one daughter, by his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and by their handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah.
Jacob's twelve sons, named in Genesis, were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. His only daughter mentioned in Genesis is Dinah. The twelve sons became the progenitors of the "Tribes of Israel".

As a result of a severe drought in Canaan, Jacob and his sons moved to Egypt at the time when his son Joseph was viceroy. After 17 years in Egypt, Jacob died, and the length of Jacob's life was 147 years. Joseph carried Jacob's remains to the land of Canaan, and gave him a stately burial in the same Cave of Machpelah as were buried Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, and Jacob's first wife, Leah.
Jacob is mentioned in a number of sacred scriptures, including the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament, the Quran, hadith, and the Book of Mormon.