The fifth biblical man in this series is Jacob. Jacob is the second son of Isaac, and as such he started out without an inheritance of the promises given to Abraham and Isaac. When I think of Jacob, I ...

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Jacob is a most interesting patriarch. It is through him that God’s promise to Abraham would be realized. But he’s also a swindler. I’ll admit my indebtedness to the Polish author, Roman Brandstaetter ...

Tricked by his father-in-law into marrying his true love’s sister, Jacob waited 14 years before he could be with Rachel. When Jacob met Rachel he kissed her and “lifted up his voice, and wept” ...