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Jacob (Heb. “supplanter,” “heel grabber,” “deceiver”) Israel (Heb. “persevere with God”) Jacob, a patriarch, was the second son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham. He fathered the twelve tribes of Israel and was connected with the period which marked the beginning of the history of the Children of Israel. Not only were […]