Yaʿqūb ﷺ
يعقوبCommonly rendered in English as Jacob.
Son of Isḥāq. Father of twelve sons — the tribes of Banū Isrāʾīl. Grieved for his lost son Yūsuf until their reunion in Egypt.
- Era
- c. 1800 BCE traditional
- Region
- Canaan → Egypt
- Sent to
- The children of Isrāʾīl
Isrāʾīl
References in the library
Passages that mention Yaʿqūb
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"Jacob, thinking he was an ordinary man, approached him to wrestle. Jacob seemed to prevail until the"
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"ill and died at the age of one hundred and eighty. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him alongside their"
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"bow to him. When Esau saw Jacob, he came forward, embraced him, kissed him, and wept. Esau looked up"
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Yūsuf
Hear the prophetic story in full.
Ibn Kathir's Stories of the Prophets, narrated chapter by chapter in the Joyful Muslims app.