A Wikipedia article on Jacob, recording how his mother Rebecca disguised him in his brother Esau's clothing, with goatskins over his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin, so that their aging, nearly blind father Isaac would mistake him for Esau and give him the firstborn's blessing. The article quotes Isaac's suspicion, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau," and names Govert Flinck's 1638 painting of the same title as one of several artistic treatments of the episode.
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A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm the disguise and blessing episode and its standing as a recurring artistic subject, independently corroborated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own catalogue naming and describing an actual painting of that episode. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Esau, Figures This source names Esau directly: "Rebecca disguised him in his brother Esau's clothing, with goatskins over his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin, so that their aging, nearly blind father Isaac would mistake him for Esau and give..."
Isaac, Figures This source names Isaac directly: "that their aging, nearly blind father Isaac would mistake him for Esau and give him the firstborn's blessing."
Jacob, Figures This source names Jacob directly: "A Wikipedia article on Jacob, recording how his mother Rebecca disguised him in his brother Esau's clothing, with goatskins over his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin, so that their aging, nearly..."
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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