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When grown, Jacob comes to work for Laban. The biblical narrative provides a framework for dating these events: Jacob begat Joseph 14 years after his flight to Laban; Joseph entered Pharaoh's service at age 30; and from that point, after seven years of plenty and two years of famine, Jacob met Pharaoh and stated his age as 130.
He assured Jacob that after his wedding week was finished, he could take Rachel as a wife as well, and work another seven years as payment for her. When God "saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb" (Genesis 29:31), [4] and she gave birth to four sons. Rachel, like Sarah and Rebekah, remained unable to
However, he agreed to give Rachel in marriage as well if Jacob would work another seven years. After the week of wedding celebrations with Leah, Jacob married Rachel, and he continued to work for Laban for another seven years. In those seven years, Jacob fathered twelve children. [25] He loved Rachel more than Leah, and Leah felt hated.
Hezekiah taught that Jacob was 63 years old when Isaac blessed him (as a Baraita taught [98]), and Jacob spent another 14 years secluded in the Land of Israel studying under Eber and a further 7 years working for the Matriarchs. Thus, he married at the age of 84, whereas Esau married at the age of 40 (as Genesis 26:34 reports).
Jacob was 79, Esau 79, Isaac 139 years old. Genesis 11:16–17: 2053 Ante C. 1752: The year Jacob completed 7 years of service to Laban for Rachel (2060–2053). He was given Leah instead. Rachel was given to Jacob in return for another 7 years of service (2053–2046). Jacob was 84, Esau 84, Isaac 144 years old. Genesis 29:21–30: c. 2051–2050
Joseph (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ z ə f,-s ə f /; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, romanized: Yōsēp̄, lit. 'He shall add') [2] [a] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis.He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son).
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Jacob’s attempt to marry Laban’s beautiful youngest daughter, Rachel, is thwarted by his uncle, who tricks him into a union with his older daughter, Leah. Following several further years in the house of Laban, Jacob makes off with his wives, much of his uncle’s livestock, and, unbeknown to him hidden in Rachel’s tent, his household Gods.