Old Testament
Ya'akov
Jacob / Israel
2006 BC – 1859 BC
The son of Isaac and Rebekah, later renamed Israel (Genesis 32:28), and father of the twelve tribes. The text records that he lived 147 years (Genesis 47:28).
Traditional biblical chronology (Masoretic text) — estimated
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