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Jacob

A Brief Overview Of Jacob

The Bible follows the messianic line to Abraham`s son, Isaac, and then to Isaac`s son, Jacob who lived around 1900 BC. Jacob was a shrewed and deceitful con man who tricked his brother Esau and lied to his father so he could steal his older brothers birthright. Afraid, Jacob fled to Haran, in Mesopotamia, where his uncle Laban lived, but on th...

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Jacobs Ladder

Gen 28:10-19 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached ...

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Jacob Works To Marry Rachel

When he arrived in Haran, his uncle was more shrewed than he was, con-man meets super con-man. Laban tricked him into working for him for 14 years in exchange for a wife. He wanted Rachel, but he got Leah first and then Rachel....

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God Changed Jacobs Name To Israel

God protected Jacob all the way and also prepared his brother Esau`s heart so that he was no longer angry. God changed Jacob`s name to "Israel." Jacob was next in the Messianic line. His 12 sons became the fathers of the 12 tribes of Israel....

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