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Jacob's Journey: From Esau to Israel

Jacob deceived his brother Esau to obtain their father Isaac's blessing. Later, Jacob had a dream in which he saw a ladder to heaven, and God promised to protect him; then he fell in love with Rachel and worked seven years to marry her, although his uncle Laban deceived him and gave him his sister Leah instead. Jacob had many children with his wives and returned to Canaan, where he reconciled with Esau and became the

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Jacob's Journey: From Esau to Israel

Jacob deceived his brother Esau to obtain their father Isaac's blessing. Later, Jacob had a dream in which he saw a ladder to heaven, and God promised to protect him; then he fell in love with Rachel and worked seven years to marry her, although his uncle Laban deceived him and gave him his sister Leah instead. Jacob had many children with his wives and returned to Canaan, where he reconciled with Esau and became the

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After the death of Abraham, Isaac became the chief or patriarch of the Hebrew tribe.
From his wife Rebeca, he had two twin sons. The first was named Esau and the
according to Jacob. When the children had grown up, their differences began to be noticeable.
Inclinations. Esau liked hunting and was a man of the field, while Jacob had
preference for the peaceful life of a shepherd and was rather homely. Jacob traded with Esau the
primogeniture for a plate of lentils and deceived his Father Isaac to obtain his
blessing. There was no harmony between the two brothers.
At his father's advice, Jacob set out for Mesopotamia in order to choose a wife.
This journey lasted a long time. In a place where night caught him by surprise, he lay down and
He had a wonderful dream: he saw a ladder whose end reached up to the sky and through the
angels were ascending and descending. And he heard the voice of God: "I am with you and I will keep you for
wherever you go, and I will bring you back to your land.” Jacob awoke and was glad about that.
dream.
After long wanderings, Jacob arrived at a
field, in the middle of which there was a well
and around him were lying some
shepherds with their flocks of sheep. He arrived
to that place a young woman named
Raquel, to water her sheep. It covered
to the well a large stone that the girl does not
I could move. Jacob ran towards the well,
he removed the stone and gave drink to the sheep.
Jacob fell in love with Rachel and proposed to Laban (Rachel's father) to serve him for seven years.
as long as he gave her to him as a wife. Laban agreed, but after the seven years, he
he tricked him into marrying Leah (sister of Rachel) instead of Rachel. He had Jacob.
to serve another seven years to also obtain Rachel. From Leah, the unwanted wife,
Jacob had many sons (Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun...). Rachel, in
change, was barren, which caused her extreme suffering. Many years later, however,
gave birth to a son, named José.
Once his family had grown, Jacob expressed to Laban his desire to return to.
his land, Canaan, but he did not want to let him go. Jacob then got up one night,
with his women and his cattle and fled. On the way, according to legend, an angel fought with
One night, Jacob held on tightly to the angel and did not let go until he achieved the
blessing of God. During the struggle, the angel dislocated Jacob's hip and he became lame.
remembrance of this struggle, the angel said to him: "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,
because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.
Upon returning to his homeland, Jacob, anticipating the hostility of Esau, with whom he had been estranged since his youth, sent messengers to him and
presents, proposing peace to him. Esau accepted moved, and the two brothers were at peace.
He continued his journey towards Hebron, where the elderly Isaac still lived, and Jacob stopped near the city of Bethlehem. There Rachel...
she gave birth to a son again, whom she named Benjamin, dying as a result of childbirth. Jacob buried his beloved wife in the middle of the
road, placing a tombstone over his grave. Then he left for his father's house. Shortly after, Isaac died at the age of one hundred eighty.
Years. Jacob came to be the head of the Hebrew tribe from that moment.

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3.- Write sentences with these words:
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Jacob
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