The Bible In Paintings: JACOB RECONCILES WITH ESAU

[Hebrews 11:6]

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[Hebrews 11:6]

J A C O B
ESAU'S BIRTHRIGHT, JACOB'S BLESSING
JACOB'S STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
JACOB FLEES FROM LABAN
JACOB WRESTLES WITH GOD
JACOB RECONCILES WITH ESAU

J O S E P H
YOUNG JOSEPH'S DREAMS
JOSEPH'S ABDUCTION TO EGYPT
JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE
JOSEPH INTERPRETS PRISONERS' DREAMS
JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS
JOSEPH'S BROTHERS IN EGYPT

[Red Badger]

Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites:

[Red Badger]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7497777/Slagheaps-reveal-ancient-Biblical-kingdom-Edom-REAL-scientists-claim.html

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thank you! Seems like in those days you were nobody unless you were the progenitor of some large group—Israel, Edom, Ammon, Moab....

[etabeta]

Thank you Dan for the map!
#19 by Hayez is very beautiful.

[Red Badger]

As Woody Allen once said, all our ancestors sat around campfires telling dirty stories about our neighbors..............

[Hebrews 11:6]

Human nature never changes.

[etabeta]

Thank you for this article. Now the scientists will argue for a decade and maybe reach a general agreement.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Now, I am eager to see other works by Hayez.

[Red Badger]

The Philistines were eventually absorbed into the Southern Kingdom of Judah-Benjamin and became Jews!...................

[Red Badger]

https://www.wikiart.org/en/francesco-hayez

[Hebrews 11:6]

Certainly took quite awhile for Judah finally to declare victory.

[Red Badger]

After David, the Philistines were basically quiet and and peaceful, intermarrying and intermarrying some more until they essentially lost their cultural identity and were indistinguishable from local Aramean-Semitic stock.............

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan! :-)

[stars & stripes forever]

How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. (Psalm 133:1)

[Hebrews 11:6]

142 thanks—although I’ve no idea why the compiler felt it necessary to include the last dozen or so.

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You have lots o’ siblings, Mary-Lou. I hope and trust there are amicable relationships. Your periodic descriptions certainly make it seem so....

[Hebrews 11:6]

Well applied, Debbie.

[stars & stripes forever]

I agree. The last few reminded me of the cherished family portraits that somehow adorn the walls of Cracker Barrel restaurants.