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Asher, his son (20)
Benjamin, his son (23)
Dan, his son (20)
Dinah, his daughter (21)
Ephraim, his favored grandson (6)
Esau, his brother and rival (9)
Gad, his son (20)

Isaac, his father (16)
Issachar, his son (21)
Joseph, his favorite son (31)
Judah, his son (24)
Laban, his father-in-law (7)
Leah, his less-favored wife (21)
Levi, his son (21)

Manasseh, his less-favored grandson (6)
Naphtali, his son (21)
Rachel, his favored wife (26)
Rebecca, his mother (11)
Reuben, his son (21)
Simeon, his son (19)
Zebulun, his son (19)

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Catholic Encyclopedia: Jacob - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm
Commentary on the Biblical patriarch from the traditional Catholic perspective.

Children Of Jacob - http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/jacobch.htm
Overview of the scheming patriarch and his progeny.

Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia - http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b1c19.html
Chapter on the patriarch's marriages and children by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
Biblical biography of the patriarch from an 1897 Christian source.

http://www.aish.com/torahportion/moray/The_Death_of_Jacob.asp - http://www.aish.com/torahportion/moray/The_Death_of_Jacob.asp
Rabbinic commentary on the death of Jacob.

http://www.evangelbaptist.org/highschool/lessons/jacob.htm - http://www.evangelbaptist.org/highschool/lessons/jacob.htm
A Baptist perspective on the trials of Jacob.

Jacob (Israel) - http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p22.htm
Profile of the son of Isaac from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.

Jewish Encyclopedia: Jacob - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=19&letter=J
Overview of the patriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.

Jewish Virtual Library: Jacob - http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/jacob.html
Article on the lives of the Biblical patriarch and his family.

Parashat Toldot - http://www.hir.org/torah/rabbi/5759/toldot59.htm
Rabbinic argument for Judah and Joseph's final honesty with each other as tikkun (redemption) of their father's life of deception.

Prophecies of Jacob - http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/jacob.htm
Three of the predictions for the patriarch, with biblical links and discussion about their fulfillment from a Christian perspective.

Prophet Jacob - http://www.angelfire.com/on/ummiby1/jacob.html
Biography of the patriarch from a Muslim perspective, with Koranic references.

Scheming Jacob - http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/13bchara/13bible3.htm
An evangelical Christian perspective on the Biblical patriarch and his dysfunctional family.

Showing Favoritism to Children - http://www.aish.com/torahportion/appel/Showing_Favoritism_to_Children.asp
Rabbinic commentary interpreting the story of Jacob as a cautionary parable to parents.

Stairway To Heaven - http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/stairway.htm
Discussion of Jacob's famous "ladder" dream, and its possible implications forChristians today.

Yaakov: Laying the Foundation - http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/pol015.htm
Rabbinic traditions about the patriarch.

Yaakov's Battle with the Stranger - http://members.tripod.com/~ohave/chumash/angel.htm
Rabbinic commentary about the patriarch's wrestling match with an angel by Ibn Ezra, Rashi, and Ramban.

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