Jacob

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Jacob (Hebrew יַעֲקֹב) was one of the two twin sons of Isaac and was the father of the Twelve sons of Jacob whose children became the Twelve Tribes of Israel. He had children through two wives Leah and Rachel, and through two handmaidens given to him by his wives (a common practice of the times). Although Jacob was born after Esau, he ended up with both the family birthright and the family blessing because his brother did not value the birthright more than a bowl of stu.

So [Esau] swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. (Gen 25:29-34)

Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. (Gen 25:34) ^[1]

With the help of his mother Rebekah, Jacob later tricked his father Isaac into believing he was Esau and giving him Esau's blessing. (Isaac was blind). Esau waited to kill Jacob as soon as his father would die, so Jacob had to flee. He went to live with Laban, the brother of Rebekah, and worked for him. When he saw Laban's daughter Rachel, he wanted to marry her. Laban made Jacob work for him for 7 years after which time he could take Rachel as his wife, but after the wedding it turned out Jacob had been tricked and had been given Leah, Laban's other daughter, as his wife instead. Jacob was outraged, but Laban told him that the older daughter had to be married before the younger and he could still have Rachel as his wife -- if he worked for 7 more years. Jacob did so and married Rachel as well. He then worked 6 more years where God richly blessed him and made him prosper in spite of the conniving of his uncle. After 20 years Jacob left with his family, but was overtaken by Laban who didn't want to let him go. Jacob was eventually allowed to leave.

Jacob lived long enough to see his lost son, Joseph, become the head of Egypt answerable only to Pharoah himself. Before he died he gave a blessing to each of his sons including the two children of Joseph.