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To: MHGinTN
Jacob was a twister ...

False; some Gentiles tend to be biased against Jews and malign Jacob in particular.

אֵלֶּה, תּוֹלְדֹת נֹחַ--נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק תָּמִים הָיָה, בְּדֹרֹתָיו: אֶת-הָאֱלֹהִים, הִתְהַלֶּךְ-נֹחַ.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

וַיִּגְדְּלוּ, הַנְּעָרִים, וַיְהִי עֵשָׂו אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד, אִישׁ שָׂדֶה; וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם, יֹשֵׁב אֹהָלִים.

And the boys grew : and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

אִישׁ הָיָה בְאֶרֶץ-עוּץ, אִיּוֹב שְׁמוֹ; וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ הַהוּא, תָּם וְיָשָׁר וִירֵא אֱלֹהִים--וְסָר מֵרָע.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Genesis, Catholic chapter six, Protestant verse nine,
Genesis, Catholic chapter twenty five, Protestant verse twenty seven,
Job, Catholic chapter one, Protestant verse one,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

Jacob was called תָּם (Tam), one of only a few honored so in the scriptures. Definition
perfect, complete
complete, perfect
one who lacks nothing in physical strength, beauty, etc
sound, wholesome
an ordinary, quiet sort of person
complete, morally innocent, having integrity
one who is morally and ethically pure

King James Word Usage - Total: 13 perfect 9, undefiled 2, plain 1, upright 1

345 posted on 05/25/2015 12:21:16 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981
From a dictionary of name origins ... and since Jacob was a supplanter and tricked his father over the birthright, I call him twister.

From the Latin Iacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov). In the Old Testament, Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter".

Are you growing tired of playing your 'gotcha games' yet? Have you read the simple Gospel offered?

347 posted on 05/25/2015 12:32:53 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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