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Because you are a miracle child. For you, things are different.
―Jacob.

Jacob is a supporting character in the film, Joseph: King of Dreams. He is the husband of Rachel, and father of Joseph and his brothers.

Background[]

Jacob marries Rachel and Leah, two sisters from Haran. Leah gives Jacob many children while Rachel was assumed to be barren. Finally Rachel had a son named Joseph.

In the film he is shown very loving but also protective of his younger sons. He is also very smart and he knows many languages including Egyptian.

Personality[]

He is fatherly, kind, smart, loving, intelligent, wise, and strong.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • His wife Rachel is his first cousin (and so is his other wife Leah, who isn't mentioned in the film). Her father Laban and his mother Rebecca were siblings.
  • His father was named Isaac. Isaac is famous for being nearly sacrificed by his father Abraham. It was God's test to see if Abraham feared Him enough to kill his own son.
  • He had a twin brother named Esau. Esau was born several seconds before Jacob. Esau was born covered with red hair and so his name Esau means Red. Jacob grabbed Esau's heel when he was born and so he was named Jacob which means "heel".
  • Just like his grandfather and father he can speak many languages.
  • God mentioned Him, his grandfather Abraham, and his father Isaac in the burning bush scene in The Prince of Egypt.
  • Jacob, his father Issac, and his grandfather Abraham, are the patriarchs of the Jewish people.
  • Jacob is buried in Hebron in the Cave of Machpelah (מערת המכפלה); also buried there are his father and mother Isaac and Rebekah, his first wife Leah, and his grandparents Abraham and Sarah; and according to Jewish tradition, the first man and the first woman, Adam and Eve, are also said to be buried there.
  • God renamed him Israel after beating him in wrestling and blesses him.

Navigation[]

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Media
Films: The Prince of EgyptJoseph: King of Dreams

Books: Read-Along

Characters
Main Characters: MosesKing Rameses IITzipporahAaronMiriamGod

Minor Characters: AmunBakaDathanHotep and HuyJacobJethroJethro's daughtersJoshuaKahmaNefretiriNeriaSheti IShepherdsThe Angel of DeathTuyaYochevedSlaves of Egypt
Prequel Characters: JosephPotipharAsenathJacobJacob's sonsRachelZuleikaRameses IButlerBakerWolves

Cast
The Prince of Egypt: Val Kilmer (Moses) • Jeff Goldblum (Aaron) • Ralph Fiennes (Rameses) • Danny Glover (Jethro) • Michelle Pfeiffer (Tzipporah) • Sandra Bullock (Miriam) • Steve Martin (Hotep) • Martin Short (Huy) • Patrick Stewart (Pharaoh Seti I) • Patrick Stewart (Pharaoh Seti I) • Helen Mirren (Queen Tuya)

Joseph: King of Dreams: Ben Affleck (Joseph) • Jodi Benson (Asenath) • Mark Hamill (Judah) • Jeff Bennett (Levi) • Rene Auberjonois (Butler) • Dan Castellaneta (additional voices) • Debi Derryberry (additional voices)

See also
Locations: Africa (EgyptMount Sinai)

Songs: All I Ever Wanted (Reprise) • Deliver UsI Will Get TherePlaying With the Big Boys NowThe PlaguesThrough Heaven's EyesWhen You Believe
Crew: Bill DamaschkeDuncan MarjoribanksHarry Gregson-WilliamsNick FletcherRupert Gregson-Williams