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Of the life of Jacob, the Quran narrates two especially important events. The first is the role he plays in the story of his son Joseph. The Quran narrates the story of Joseph in detail, and Jacob, being Joseph's father, is mentioned thrice and is referenced another 25 times. [95]
Instead they name Mary of Jacob (Mark and Matthew), Salome (Mark), and the mother of the sons of Zebedee (Matthew). This has led some to interpret that Mary of Jacob (mother of James the Less) is Mary Clopas and also "Mary, his mother’s sister", and that (Mary) Salome is the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
When Jacob protested that his father would recognize the deception and curse him as soon as he felt him, since Esau was hairy and Jacob smooth-skinned, Rebecca said that the curse would be on her instead. Before she sent Jacob to his father, she dressed him in Esau's garments and laid goatskins on his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin.
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Three sermons of Jacob are recorded in the Book of Mormon [4] which include preaching of central as well as specific doctrinal truths. In them, Jacob preaches many core LDS doctrines, including humanity's fallen nature and subsequent need of an infinite atonement, the salvation of repentant individuals through the Atonement of Christ, and so forth.
At Rebecca's urging, Jacob flees to a distant land to work for his mother's brother, Laban. [13] She explains to Isaac that she has sent Jacob to find a wife among her own people. Jacob does not immediately receive his father's inheritance. Jacob, having fled for his life, leaves behind the wealth of Isaac's flocks and land and tents in Esau's ...
For most of its first 60 years, the church was led by Bishop Mason, who died in 1961. In 1968, J.O. Patterson Sr., who had married Mason's daughter, Deborah Indiana Mason, in 1934, was elected the ...
As captured in photos by Orange Blossom Photography and a video that went viral, the toddler couldn't contain his excitement when he saw his mother at the end of the aisle. "Hey, Mom!" "Hey, Mom!"