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In the Old Testament, Hebrew patriarch, son
of Isaac and Rebecca, who obtained the rights
of seniority from his twin brother Esau by
trickery. He married his cousins Leah and
Rachel, serving their father Laban seven
years for each, and at the time of famine in
Canaan joined his son Joseph in Egypt. His 12
sons were the traditional ancestors of the 12
tribes of Israel.