As these difficult times demand great personal sacrifice from a select few, the rest of us should consider the meaning behind ...

On Mothering Sunday, we can remember the famous mothers of the Bible. Many of these mothers played an important role not only ...

This is all in the first part of the Book of Genesis. Isaac was the son of Abraham. Esau is the twin brother of Jacob who is also called Israel in the Bible. Esau and Jacob are rivals from the womb.

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

Jacob uses Esau’s clothes to deceive. Joseph’s brothers do likewise with his bloodstained cloak. There are six such examples in the book of Genesis alone. Why then did G-d command that the ...

Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers—competition ... as noted by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in her 2005 book, “Team of Rivals.” ...

It is safe to say that the 2023 general election did not enter the country’s history books as the worst organised election ... but a situation that is akin to the voice of Jacob and the hands of Esau.