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Rebecca or Rebekah (both: rēbĕk`ə), wife of Isaac Isaac (ī`zək) [Heb.,=laughter], according to the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis, Isaac was the only son of Abraham ..... Click the link for more information. and mother of Jacob Jacob (jā`kəb), in the Bible, ancestor of the Hebrews, the younger of Isaac and Rebecca's twin sons; the older was Esau. ..... Click the link for more information. . One day, as was her custom, she drew water at the city well; while there she showed kindness to Eliezer, Abraham's servant. He had been sent to select a suitable wife for Abraham's son, Isaac, and he chose Rebecca. After years without children she bore the twins Jacob and Esau Esau (ē`sô) [Heb.,=hairy], in the Bible, son of Isaac, who sold his birthright to his younger twin, Jacob , for lentil stew and who ..... Click the link for more information. . Jacob was his mother's favorite, and for him she devised their deception of the blind Isaac. She is one of the four Jewish matriarchs. Rebecca Old Testament the sister of Laban, who became the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 24--27) rebecca [ri′bek·ə] (navigation) An electronic navigation system that has at least one radio transmitter and one radio receiver; the transmitter emits pulses which travel over a single path to a transponder and return to the interrogation receiver. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| However, when Aaron's political activism on behalf of Zionism called him abroad and when their siblings Alex and Rifka left for a fundraising trip in the United States, Sarah, Feinberg (until his death in January 1917), and Lishansky assumed command of the information gathering in Palestine and the transmission of messages to British authorities. WHEN RIFKA AND I WERE PLANning our wedding, among our tasks was to determine who would and would not make the guest list. In the first two, Rifka Nebrot and Hannah Gold brought me back to my Jewish roots. |
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