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Patriarch / Tribal Leader
Role
1920 BC – 1800 BC
Lifespan
The World They Lived In
1920 BC1800 BC
Middle Kingdom Egypt & Canaanite City-States
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Firstborn son of Jacob and Leah. As eldest he held the birthright, but he forfeited his preeminence after lying with his father's concubine Bilhah. Years later he alone urged his brothers to spare Joseph's life. Jacob's deathbed blessing called him 'unstable as water.'
Firstborn son of Jacob and Leah.
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