Son of Isaac and Rebekah, grandson of Abraham. He cheated Esau twice — first the birthright, then the blessing — and fled to Paddan-aram, where he worked fourteen years for the women he loved, was himself deceived, and became Israel. He wrestled with God at Peniel and was wounded. He was the father of twelve sons, the tribes of Israel.
On their voice
~1850 BCE. A schemer turned patriarch. The wrestling at Peniel is the pivot — before it he is the trickster; after it he limps and is Israel. He carries the wound the rest of his life.
Talk to Jacob.
Ask anything. In their own voice, from their own era, grounded in their own canon.
