H. Freeman and Company: New York, 1997). In the middle of the Jacob and Esau story, an odd detail, easily unnoticeable, appears. Isaac notes that “the fragrance of my son [Esau] is like the fragrance ...

Copperplate engraving by Carl Schuler after Raphael, published c. 1850. Jacob blessed Esau (Genesis 27), steel engraving, published in 1841 His father Isaac asked, “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn ...

Twins Jacob and Esau started fighting when they were still in their mother’s womb. As Esau was the oldest child, he should have become the leader of Isaac’s “tribe.” But with the help of ...

The wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob, she tricks her husband into thinking one of her kids is the other because she likes him better. I was the oldest of seven kids and couldn’t imagine ...

The historical account of Isaac is very impressive ... but later in her life she had no problem deceiving her husband. Then along comes Jacob and Esau, what appears to be two scallywags. Jacob was the ...

And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi. 27 So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his ...

In his second term, Donald Trump should ditch his predecessor’s over-committed approach to Saudi-Israeli normalization.

Jacob’s children all followed their father’s lead, unlike his father and grandfather. Abraham had Ishmael, Isaac had Esau, and Jacob had thirteen children who emulated him. We don’t raise ...

The newly commissioned health centre valued at about $37 million at Esau and Jacob in Region Five will now provide enhanced health services to the residents. Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony ...

Echoes of that story resonate in this Torah portion as Isaac, Rebecca, Esau, and Jacob engage in a painful choreography that ends in tragedy. There are two sons and, at least in the beginning ...

Jacob, by contrast, emerges grasping Esau’s heel, as though seeking a foothold ... which began in the home of Isaac and Rebecca and spans continents between Rome and Jerusalem.

11 After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi. 27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to ...