I've been studying the Bible a LOT these past couple of days. These hours have been focused mainly on Jacob. Jacob, as we know, was the third of the Patriarchs--those men preceding the birth of Jesus Christ--to include Abraham, his son Isaac and Abraham's grandson--my subject of study today--Jacob (Israel). Certainly we may consider the Patriarchs between Adam and Abraham as well; my studies today, however, are focused on the Patriarchal period
