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Jacob

Jacob is a major patriarchal profile for promise under pressure: family conflict, exile, wrestling, blessing, loss, and the formation of Israel.

Jacob is a major patriarchal profile for promise under pressure: family conflict, exile, wrestling, blessing, loss, and the formation of Israel.

Patriarch / Israel Old Testament Patriarchs
Core books Genesis · Hosea · Romans
Read first Genesis 25 · Genesis 28 · Genesis 32
Why this matters promise · wrestling · identity · family conflict
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Genesis 25

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Genesis 28

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Genesis 32

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Genesis 35

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