Jacob: A Failed Patriarch

Jacob Jacobs is one of the three people correctly named in the Hebrew Bible, Isaac's second and excellent son. Jacob, like his father and grandfather, gained the right to be called a chosen one of God, because his "descendants become dust on the earth" (Genesis 28: 14). Nonetheless, Jacob is indeed a flawed person. He was able to overcome these shortcomings, and became the patriarch of the Israelites, and accepted the covenant promised by God to his grandfather Abraham, the sin of his life is the sin of Egyptian slavery It affects future Israeli people in a form. .

The story of Jacob occupies an extremely important position in the Bible story and has dual functions. On the other hand, it provides a bridge between the patriarch and the people - from the private life of the patriarch to the history of people. Abraham was the father of Israel, and Jacob became Israel. The story of Jacob, on the other hand, provides us with a history that can be seen as continuation and solution of past events and Bible themes. Jacob's life is related to historical events and concerns (Genesis 3-11), its dramatic climax.

As the Bible stated, the history of the Jews began with the head of Abraham. Abraham was the first man who abandoned the polytheism and idolatry of his people to believe in God. Jacob the son of Abraham, the son of Isaac and Isaac, was regarded as the patriarch by the Jews. The story of Joseph, one of the 12 sons of Jacob, also appears in the Bible. He was sold to the Egyptians as his brother's slave. Because of the famine, the rest of the Joseph family moved to Egypt where they lived peacefully for generations with their descendants. But around 1580 BC the Egyptian new pharaohs (rulers) were slaughtered as Jews and other countries were threatened and settled there.

Competition between brothers and sisters affected families of Israeli patriarch Jacob. Joseph, 11 of 12 sons, was Jacob's favorite because he was Rachel's son, "He was a son of later years" (Genesis 37: 3 NKJV). (Genesis 30: 22-24) Unfortunately, Jacob allowed him to express prejudice against Joseph's love. He even even made him a special and colorful blouse that Jacob wears in front of his brothers. Some people may say that he is "cheerful" at a colorful exhibition of his father's prejudice.

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