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  • The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel. Oil painting after Francesco Furini.
  • The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel. Oil painting after Francesco Furini.
  • Joseph's brothers show his coat, apparently soaked in his blood, to Jacob, who mourns. Etching.
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching with aquatint by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • Jacob (Israel) blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, watched by Joseph. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.
  • Episodes in the Old Testament. Engraving by M.T.
  • Jacob is taken to the cave in the field of Machpelah by a mournful procession; he wants to die in the spot bought by Abraham. Etching by L. du Guernier after L. Chéron.
  • Jacob being persuaded to send Benjamin with his brothers on their return jorney to Egypt. Crayon-manner by W.W. Ryland after Sir A. van Dyck.
  • Rachel approaches Jacob through a flock of sheep; one of the inhabitants of the land points her out as being Laban's daughter. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton, 1791.
  • Jacob and Joseph with their sons in a half roundel in the Vatican. Engraving by A. Cunego (?) after A. de Angelis (?) after Michelangelo.
  • Jacob meets Rachel and falls in love. Engraving by E. Jeaurat after P.F. Mola.
  • Joseph tells his unsympathetic family about his two prophetic dreams. Line engraving by G. de Jode.
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • Jacob arrives among the shepherds of Haran; he falls in love with Rachel at first sight. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1732, after F. Le Moine.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.
  • Jacob dreams of the heavenly ladder; he consecrates with oil the spot where he slept; he meets Rachel, who is tending sheep in the vicinity of a Mesopotamian city. Woodcut by S.H., 1568, after V. Solis.
  • Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa.