biblical_figure

jacob

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blessed his grandchildren, foresignified future people
description
A biblical figure, the younger son of Isaac and twin brother of Esau, whose 'reproach of diminution' was taken away by God.
divine_favor
reproach removed
family_role
son of Isaac
physical_state
blind through great age
relationship
twin brother of Esau
source_of_commendation
mouth of God
status
righteous

Relationships

  • referenced_byLaw of God Almighty
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    according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, were righteous
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  • blessesJoseph
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    Jacob blesses his grandchildren, who are 'by Joseph', indicating Joseph as their father.
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    his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father by his outward eye corrected them, but as himself inwardly discerned
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  • sawSpiritual Light
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    Jacob, despite his physical blindness from age, possessed an illumined heart that allowed him to see and bless his grandchildren with prophetic insight.
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    Or which Jacob saw, when he also, blind through great age, with illumined heart, in the persons of his sons shed light on the different races of the future people, in them foresignified; and laid his hands, mystically crossed, upon his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father by his outward eye corrected them, but as himself inwardly discerned
  • blessedJoseph
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    Jacob blessed his grandchildren who were by Joseph, placing his hands mystically upon them.
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    laid his hands, mystically crossed, upon his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father by his outward eye corrected them
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    2026-03-02T21:55:50.305Z
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  • referenced_byGod
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    it pleased Thee, O Lord, to take away the reproach of diminution from Jacob
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    2026-03-02T21:55:55.929Z
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