Jacob returns to Bethel, the place where he wrestled with God, and worships there. His beloved wife, Rachel, dies in childbirth and is buried. The final number of Jacob's sons is twelve. Isaac dies at the age of 180 and is buried by his sons, Jacob and Esau.
Esau's family greatly multiplied and formed a mighty nation named Edom. God continued to bless the promises made to Esau's father and grandfather of a large and prosperous heritage.
Jacob's favored son, Joseph, is despised by his brothers because of the favoritism showed to him as well as the claims continually made that the entire family would bow in reverence to Joseph. The brothers sell him into slavery and tell Jacob that Joseph was killed by wild animals. The slave traders eventually sold Joseph in Egypt to an official of Pharaoh named Potiphar.
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