Jacob

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Jacob is the third of the three patriarchs of the Jewish faith. Abraham started it all off, Isaac wasn't killed, and Jacob struggled with the Angel of the Lord, leading to his other name, "Israel". He is the father of 12 sons, including Joseph who are themselves the 12 tribes of Israel.

Jacob's brother is Esau.

Jacob, role model for all Christian Family Value types, lied [1] to obtain his father's blessing and thereby stole lands from Esau who, by law, should have had the rights of inheritance being the elder brother.

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  1. Which Christians will tell you isn't so bad, since YHWH had not yet given Moses the Big Ten.
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