Yaakov Avinu
1653 BCE–1506 BCE · Biblical · Be'er Sheva (biblical)
Yaakov, later renamed Israel, is the third patriarch and father of the twelve tribes. Fleeing his brother Esau, he dreamed at Beth-El of a ladder joining heaven and earth; he spent some twenty years in Charan with his uncle Lavan, married Leah and Rachel, and on his return wrestled a divine being at the Jabbok ford and was renamed Israel. In old age he descended to Egypt, was reunited with his son Yosef, and blessed his sons before dying at 147; his body was carried back to the Cave of Machpelah.
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Be'er Sheva (biblical)Land of Israel
What they did here
Born to Yitzchak and Rivka; grows up in the land of Canaan.
About Be'er Sheva (biblical)
Be'er Sheva (Beersheba), in the northern Negev (today a major city in southern Israel), is prominent in the Torah's patriarchal narratives. According to the biblical account, Abraham and Isaac dug wells and made covenants there, and the phrase 'from Dan to Beersheba' marked the traditional southern boundary of the Land of Israel.
In Be'er Sheva (biblical) at the same time
In the same place & time
Sages whose lives overlapped with Yaakov Avinu’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
In the same tradition
Avraham Avinu, Yitzchak Avinu, Rivka Imenu, Leah Imenu, Rachel Imenu, Yosef HaTzaddik
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Yaakov Avinu’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Egyptian world
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