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Yaakov sends messenger angels to his brother Esav in hopes of reconciliation,

Esav is outraged. Yaakov prepares for battle, but prays and sends gifts to his brother.

Fighting Esav’s patron angel, Yaakov has the strength to overpower him,

The angel names Yaakov Yisrael1. The brothers reconciled, but have seen each other ever since.

Yaakov and his numerous family members buy a plot of land near the city of Shechem,

The son of the ruler of that city captures and rapes Dina, Yaakov’s daughter.

Her brothers Shimon and Levin kill all the men in Shechem and a problem arises,

Yaakov’s family goes to Yitzchak’s father in Havron, from Shechem from revenge rather away.

On the way, Rachel gives birth to a son Binyamin and dies in childbirth,

The twelve heads of the tribes of Israel are now complete.

Reuven is denied the right of primogeniture because of his failure to honour the traditions of the people,

Yitzchak died at the age of 180, and Yaakov and his sons gave him a proper burial.