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Jacob

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); - also called Israel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jacob'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jacob.html. 1828.