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Jacob / Yaqub (Father of the Twelve Tribes)
יַעֲקֹב / يعقوب عليه السلام
(Known as "Jacob")
Patriarch of the Twelve Tribes, Prophet of Vision & Divine Covenant
Born
c. 1790 BCE
Beersheba, Palestine
Beersheba, Palestine
Passed Away
c. 1643 BCE
Goshen, Egypt
"I only complain of my grief and sorrow to God, and I know from God that which you know not."
Archival Overview
Third patriarch of the Abrahamic covenant. Wrestled through the night with the divine messenger at Peniel, receiving the eternal name Israel ("He who strives with God"), and fathered the twelve tribes.
Biographical Record
Son of Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob experienced the famous vision of the ladder stretching between heaven and earth at Bethel, with angels ascending and descending. After decades serving Laban in Mesopotamia, he returned to reconcile with his twin brother Esau.
In old age, grieving the loss of his son Joseph until his eyes clouded with tears, he remained steadfast in faith until being reunited in Egypt, blessing Pharaoh and his sons before requesting burial in the ancestral Cave of Machpelah.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Cave of the Patriarchs (Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi)
Goshen, Egypt
Goshen, Egypt
GPS: 31.5247, 35.1107
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