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• Esau, his brother and rival@	• Isaac, his father@
• Laban, his father-in-law@	• Leah, his less-favored wife@
• Rachel, his favored wife@	• Rebecca, his mother@

• Asher, his son@
• Benjamin, his son@	• Dan, his son@
• Dinah, his daughter@	• Ephraim, his favored grandson@
• Gad, his son@	• Issachar, his son@
• Joseph, his favorite son@	• Judah, his son@
• Levi, his son@	• Manasseh, his less-favored grandson@
• Naphtali, his son@	• Reuben, his son@
• Simeon, his son@	• Zebulun, his son@

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• A Lesson in Retributive Justice
A Christian examination of the life of the deceitful patriarch Jacob.
http://www.heraldmag.org/01nd_3.htm

• Biblical Personalities: Jacob
A contemporary Jewish look at the third Biblical patriarch.
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/56.html

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Jacob
Commentary on the Biblical patriarch from the traditional Catholic perspective.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm

• Children Of Jacob
Overview of the scheming patriarch and his progeny.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/jacobch.htm

• Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia
Chapter on the patriarch's marriages and children by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.
http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b1c19.html

• Jacob
Profile of the patriarch also known as Israel and his importance to Judaism.
http://judaism.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-p_jacob.htm

• Jacob
A Baptist perspective on the trials of Jacob.
http://www.evangelbaptist.org/highschool/lessons/jacob.htm

• Jacob
Biblical biography of the patriarch from an 1897 Christian source.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob

• Jacob (Israel)
Profile of the son of Isaac from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p22.htm

• Jacob: Made Weak to Win
Character study of the deceitful patriarch from a Pentecostal perspective, focusing on his experience wrestling with God.
http://www.hillcrestchapel.com/characters/jacob1.html

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Jacob
Overview of the patriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=19&letter=J

• Jewish Virtual Library: Jacob
Article on the lives of the Biblical patriarch and his family.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/jacob.html

• Parashat Toldot
Rabbinic argument for Judah and Joseph's final honesty with each other as tikkun (redemption) of their father's life of deception.
http://www.hir.org/torah/rabbi/5759/toldot59.htm

• Prophecies of Jacob
Three of the predictions for the patriarch, with biblical links and discussion about their fulfillment from a Christian perspective.
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/jacob.htm

• Prophet Jacob
Biography of the patriarch from a Muslim perspective, with Koranic references.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/ummiby1/jacob.html

• Scheming Jacob
An evangelical Christian perspective on the Biblical patriarch and his dysfunctional family.
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/13bchara/13bible3.htm

• Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Dictionary: Jacob
Profile of the Biblical patriarch.
http://www.nisbett.com/people/bp-jacob.htm

• Showing Favoritism to Children
Rabbinic commentary interpreting the story of Jacob as a cautionary parable to parents.
http://www.aish.com/torahportion/appel/Showing_Favoritism_to_Children.asp

• Stairway To Heaven
Discussion of Jacob's famous "ladder" dream, and its possible implications forChristians today.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/stairway.htm

• Vayechi
Rabbinic commentary on the death of Jacob.
http://www.aish.com/torahportion/moray/The_Death_of_Jacob.asp

• Yaakov's Battle with the Stranger
Rabbinic commentary about the patriarch's wrestling match with an angel by Ibn Ezra, Rashi, and Ramban.
http://members.tripod.com/~ohave/chumash/angel.htm

• Yaakov: Laying the Foundation
Rabbinic traditions about the patriarch.
http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/pol015.htm