Jacob

The bedeken custom is explained as a legal precaution recalling Jacob's deception at his own wedding by a veiled substitute bride.

This source names Jacob directly: "of the series "The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1584 to 1594, after Karel van Mander I, giving each of Jacob's twelve sons his own named plate."

This source names Jacob directly: ""Benjamin, from 'The Twelve Sons of Jacob,'" an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1584 to 1594."

This source names Jacob directly: "titled "Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils," plate 1 from "The Story of Jacob and Esau," after Maerten de Vos, 1585, showing Esau trading his birthright to his brother..."

This source names Jacob directly: "for "Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils," plate 1 from "The Story of Jacob and Esau," an engraving after Maerten de Vos, 1585."

This source names Jacob directly: "titled "Gad, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594, one sheet of a series after Karel van Mander I depicting each of Jacob's twelve sons individually."

This source names Jacob directly: "for "Gad, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594."

This source names Jacob directly: "and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah."

This source names Jacob directly: "collection record for "Isaac Blessing Jacob," an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch artist Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1621 to 1674, dated 1642."

This source names Jacob directly: ""Issachar, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594, one sheet of a series after Karel van Mander I depicting each of Jacob's twelve sons individually."

This source names Jacob directly: "for "Issachar, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594."

This source names Jacob directly: "A Wikipedia article on Jacob, recording how his mother Rebecca disguised him in his brother Esau's clothing, with goatskins over his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin, so that their aging, nearly..."

The father whose favour begins the trouble

This source names Jacob directly: "a narrative that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, is named for."

This source names Jacob directly: "Margaret C. Jacob is a historian of the Enlightenment, and this academic book, published by Oxford University Press, examines eighteenth century Freemasonry as a genuine social and political..."

This source names Jacob directly: ""Naphthali, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594, one sheet of a series after Karel van Mander I depicting each of Jacob's twelve sons individually."

This source names Jacob directly: ""Naphthali, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594."

This source names Jacob directly: "of the series "The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1584 to 1594, after Karel van Mander I, giving each of Jacob's twelve sons his own named plate."

This source names Jacob directly: "for "Ruben, from 'The Twelve Sons of Jacob,'" an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1584 to 1594, first state of three."

This source names Jacob directly: "of the series "The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1584 to 1594, after Karel van Mander I, giving each of Jacob's twelve sons his own named plate."

This source names Jacob directly: "for "Simeon, from 'The Twelve Sons of Jacob,'" an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1584 to 1594."

This source names Jacob directly: "of each of the twelve sons of Jacob to their own descendants, one testament per patriarch, each combining autobiographical review, moral exhortation built around a besetting virtue or vice, and..."

This source names Jacob directly: "Nicolaes Moeyaert, circa 1638, showing Jacob and Rachel meeting at the well, the scene told in Genesis 29."

This source names Jacob directly: "record for "De ontmoeting van Jacob en Rachel" (The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel), an oil on panel painting by Nicolaes Moeyaert, circa 1638."

This source names Jacob directly: ""Zebulon, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594, one sheet of a series after Karel van Mander I depicting each of Jacob's twelve sons individually."

This source names Jacob directly: "for "Zebulon, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob," an engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II, dated 1584 to 1594."

Daughter of Jacob and Leah; her assault by Shechem provokes Simeon and Levi's massacre of his city.

The painting's directly named subject per the museum's own title, receiving Isaac's blessing in disguise, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's account of that biblical episode.

Adopted by Jacob as a son, with the right hand laid on the younger of the two.

Twin brother of Jacob, born moments before him.