omarryhidolderdaughter.leah,beforehecouldhaverachelforhiswife.afterworking20yearsforlaban,jacobleftforhome.

ontheway,jacobprayedallnightuntilgodreassuredhimthatesauwouldsparehislife.esaumethimwithforgiveness,andtheypartedgoodfriends.jacobspenthislastyearsinegypt,wherehissonjosephbroughthimtolive.

a,andtwinbrotherofjacobinthebible.heisamaincharacterinmanystoriesfoundingenesis25-33.thebestknownarejacobscheatinghimoutofhisbirthrightfora“messofpottage”（gen.25：27-34）,andthelossofhisblessingthroughtheplottingofhismotherandbrother（gen.27）.esauwasreconciledtojacobafterthelattersreturntopalestine20yearslater.

biblicalhistoryregardsesauasthefounderoftheedomitenation.

jacob就是现在以色列（israel）人的老老老老老老老老老老……老祖宗。

messofpottage就是“因小失大