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Esau and Jacob

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Esau and Jacob
after many years, they are reconciled. [O.T.: Genesis 33:1–4]
See : Reunion

Esau and Jacob
struggled even in mother’s womb. [O.T.: Genesis 25:22]
See : Rivalry


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On the one hand it's hard to fault this sort of storytelling as unbiblical, given that both Hebrew and Christian scripture are rife with tales of fraternal conflict: Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, Joseph and his brothers, not to mention the prodigal son and his righteous older sibling.
Early in the Bible we meet Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of the twins Esau and Jacob.
 
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