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Hebrew

Male

Supplanter.

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From the Latin Jacobus, which was from the Greek Iakobos, which was from the Hebrew name Ya'aqov. In the Old Testament, Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter".
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Jacob is the only person in Old Testament (Jewish) Scripture whom God said He "loved".
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