"Jacob was a heel" by Stephen M. Miller for Pentecost Sunday, 24 May 2015 - Bible blog of award-winning bestselling Christian author, Stephen M. Miller.
Jacob, father of the 12 sons who produced the 12 tribes of Israel, got the Hebrew name Ya ‘aqov, which sounds like the Hebrew word for heel: ‘aqev (Genesis 25:26). It’s because he was born second, and came out holding onto the heel of his brother Esau. It’s perhaps just a coincidence that, at least as a young man, he grew up to become a heel who cheated his brother and his father. Strange and Mysterious Stuff in the Bible, p. 31.
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