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Ask the Archive: “Jacob” Get a written answer, cited to the three books and commentary8 results for "Jacob"
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Canaan Place
Canaan is the land promised to Abraham and his descendants - illegally seized by Ham's son in Jubilees, contested through the patriarchal period, and finally co…
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Bethel Place
Bethel is the sacred site where Jacob beheld angels ascending and descending on a ladder reaching to heaven - a place where the divine and earthly realms visibl…
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Hebron / Machpelah Place
Hebron is the ancestral burial ground where Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah - the first permanent territorial claim in the promised land and resting pla…
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Shechem Place
Shechem is the Canaanite city where Dinah is defiled by the prince of the same name - prompting the devastating massacre by Simeon and Levi that defines the cit…
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Moab Place
Moab is the territory east of the Dead Sea occupied by the descendants of Lot - a nation that repeatedly interacts with Israel as both neighbor and adversary th…
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Seir / Edom Place
Seir is the mountainous territory south of the Dead Sea that becomes Esau's homeland - known as Edom, it represents the rival lineage that contests Jacob's inhe…
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Aram / Paddan-Aram Place
Aram is the Mesopotamian region encompassing Haran and Laban's territory - the land where Jacob spends twenty years building his family and wealth before return…
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Seir Place
Seir is a land and mountain region to which Esau departed after reconciling with Jacob, and where he dwelt with his flocks and wives. It is identified with the …