(Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
Jacob has few worries about finding something untoward for this Catholic ritual.
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Jacob Lusk and Lauren Alaina were praised for going outside their comfort zones.
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Jacob arranged the work for the trio, who let Schumann's gorgeous melodies sing.
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Jacob Lehman finds a pair of dentures in the rubble at Pinaire Mobile Home Park.
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Jacob journeyed to Beersheba with all that he had and offered sacrifices to God.
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Jacob, the county supervisor, said that has been an issue with the city overall.
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Jacob Hamblin, a Mormon missionary, first made a trip into Hopi country in 1858.
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Jacob Spoonley has been called into the squad as a replacement for both matches.
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Jacob Hamdan, right, was volunteering to aide in getting him food and medicine.
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French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
(Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
(jacobs) English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
(jacobs) United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
(jacobs) Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
Jacob, later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob (/u02C8du0292eu026Aku0259b/; Hebrew: u05D9u05B7u05E2u05B2u05E7u05B9u05D1 Standardu00A0Yau02BFakov) was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant. He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, Sarah and of Bethuel, and the younger twin brother of Esau...
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Jacob is a German/Italian/American movie from 1994, based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi, which is in turn based on the Bible story about Jacob.
The characters from the American drama/adventure television series Lost were created by Damon Lindelof and J. J. Abrams. The series follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. ...