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#117: Jacob Was Not Simple

#117: Jacob Was Not Simple

Ḥibbah Yeteirah on Parashat Toldot, Bereishit/Genesis 25:27

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Esau Selling his Birthright to Jacob by Rembrandt, 1640-1. On display at the British Museum, London.

Gimme Some Torah #117

Bereishit/Genesis 25:27

וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י עֵשָׂ֗ו אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ צַ֖יִד אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֶ֑ה וְיַעֲקֹב֙ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֔ם יֹשֵׁ֖ב אֹהָלִֽים׃

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jaco…

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