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Also Known As Yaʿaqov • Israel • Isrāʾīl • Yaʿqūb • Yisraʾel
Notable Family Members spouse Leah • spouse Rachel • father Isaac • son Joseph • brother Esau

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Jacob
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József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah
biblical figure
Joseph
biblical figure
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
Jacob Returning to Canaan with Rachael and Leah Pursued by Laban
Leah
biblical figure
Lorenzo Ghiberti: panel from Gates of Paradise
Isaac
Hebrew patriarch
The Reconciliation Between Jacob and Esau
Esau
biblical figure
Dinah
biblical figure
Zephaniah
Hebrew prophet
Zechariah
Hebrew prophet
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Saint Joachim
father of Virgin Mary
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Ernest Renan
French scholar