Jacob
![Detail from ''Jacob Seeking the Forgiveness of Esau'' (1652), by [[Jan Victors]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Jan_Victors_-_Jacob_Seeking_the_Forgiveness_of_Esau_-_79.330_-_Indianapolis_Museum_of_Art_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Jacob had twelve sons through four women: his wives (and cousins), Leah and Rachel, and his concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. His sons were, in order of their birth: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin, all of whom became the heads of their own family groups, later known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel. He also had a daughter named Dinah. According to Genesis, Jacob displayed favoritism among his wives and children, preferring Rachel and her sons, Joseph and Benjamin, causing tension within the family—culminating in Joseph's older brothers selling him into slavery.
Scholars have taken a mixed view as to Jacob's historicity, with archaeology so far producing no evidence for his existence. William Albright initially dated the narratives of Jacob to the 19th century BCE, but later scholars like John J. Bimson and Nahum Sarna argued against using archaeological evidence to support such claims due to limited knowledge of that period. Recent scholars such as Thomas L. Thompson and William Dever suggest that these narratives are late literary compositions with ideological purposes rather than historical accounts.
Provided by Wikipedia
1441
1442
Published: 2013.
1443
“...(Jacob Adrianus),...”
1444
Published: 2008.
Superior document: International series in the psychology of religion, 15
1445
Published: [2019];, [1896]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Law - <1990
Links: Get full text; Get full text; Cover
1446
Published: [1986]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter GVH Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments
Links: Get full text; Cover
1447
Published: [2013]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
Links: Get full text; Get full text; Cover
1448
Published: [2015]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
Links: Get full text; Get full text; Cover
1449
Published: 2020
1450
Published: 2009.
Superior document: The Brill reference library of Judaism, v. 28
Links: Get full text
1451
Published: 2003.
Links: Get full text
1452
Published: [2012]
Links: Get full text
1453
Published: 2006.
Superior document: Handbook of oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, v. 87
Links: Get full text
1454
Published: 2015.
Links: Get full text
1455
Published: c2003.
Superior document: Blackwell companions to religion
Links: Get full text
1456
Published: 2006.
Superior document: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series
Links: Get full text
1457
Published: 2006.
Links: Get full text
1458
Published: c1998.
Superior document: Pragmatics & beyond, new ser. 36
Links: Get full text
1459
Published: 2007
Links: Inhaltsverzeichnis
1460
Published: 2014