{"query": "Easton: Jacob", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f22999b78afb", "title": "Easton: Dinah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of"}, {"id": "card_n_3d4cd9cfdc02", "title": "Easton: Rachel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives (Gen. 29:6, 28). He served Laban fourteen years for her, so "}, {"id": "card_n_0985414ff4b3", "title": "Easton: Patriarch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name employed in the New Testament with reference to Abraham (Heb. 7:4), the sons of Jacob (Acts 7:8, 9), and to David (2:29). This name is generally applied to the progenitors of families or “heads"}, {"id": "card_n_29770913899b", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the “parcel of ground” which he purchased from the sons of Hamor ("}, {"id": "card_n_aca7dfd9c431", "title": "Easton: Shalem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Perfect, a place (probably the village of Salim) some 2 miles east of Jacob’s well. There is an abundant supply of water, which may have been the reason for Jacob’s settling at this place (Gen. 33:18-"}, {"id": "card_n_283e50804ef4", "title": "Easton: Leah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-3"}, {"id": "card_n_cef4a44af69f", "title": "Easton: Reuben", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph, "}, {"id": "card_n_00be6889d7e2", "title": "Easton: Israel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen. 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and prevailed.” (See JACOB.) This is the common name given to Jacob’s des"}, {"id": "card_n_3ffafe2782a1", "title": "Easton: Sepulchre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First mentioned as purchased by Abraham for Sarah from Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:20). This was the “cave of the field of Machpelah,” where also Abraham and Rebekah and Jacob and Leah were burried (7"}, {"id": "card_n_30931ccf98b6", "title": "Easton: Jacob", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nin"}, {"id": "card_n_9f70a75c8771", "title": "Easton: Moses", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years bef"}, {"id": "card_n_26e7d3d166e0", "title": "Easton: Naphtali", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid (Gen. 30:8). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons (Gen. 46:24). Little is known of him as an individua"}, {"id": "card_n_b28673f51912", "title": "Easton: Hamor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen. 33:19). He is called “Emmor” in Acts 7:16. His son Shechem founded the city of that name which"}, {"id": "card_n_e0ef05466040", "title": "Easton: Laban", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "White. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage, f"}, {"id": "card_n_6de6b9b58236", "title": "Easton: Galeed", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they entered with each other (Gen. 31:47, 48). This was the name given to the “he"}, {"id": "card_n_5c3ae096b865", "title": "Easton: Levi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Adhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah’s words (Gen. 29:34), “This time will my husband be joined [Heb. yillaveh] unto me.” He is mentioned as taking a "}, {"id": "card_n_b42234543200", "title": "Easton: Ephraim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being"}, {"id": "card_n_c948b5cb5d5b", "title": "Easton: Penuel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Face of God, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan and north of the river Jabbok. It is also called “Peniel.” Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24-32) “with a man” (“the angel”, Hos. 12:4"}, {"id": "card_n_ef77668566cf", "title": "Easton: Nahor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, t"}, {"id": "card_n_83690d0d297b", "title": "Easton: Mourn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Frequent references are found in Scripture to, (1.) Mourning for the dead. Abraham mourned for Sarah (Gen. 23:2); Jacob for Joseph (37:34, 35); the Egyptians for Jacob (50:3-10); Israel for Aaron (Num"}]}