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Joseph tells his unsympathetic family about his two prophetic dreams. Line engraving by G. de Jode.

Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.

Jacob dreams of the heavenly ladder; he consecrates with oil the spot where he slept; he meets Rachel, who is tending sheep in the vicinity of a Mesopotamian city. Woodcut by S.H., 1568, after V. Solis.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape: an angel appears to him in a dream. Etching by A.H. Payne after F. Bol.

Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh. Etching by S. Watts, 1766, after Rembrandt.

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Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape: an angel appears to him in a dream. Etching by A.H. Payne after F. Bol.

Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh. Etching by S. Watts, 1766, after Rembrandt.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa.

Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.

Jacob dreams of the heavenly ladder; he consecrates with oil the spot where he slept; he meets Rachel, who is tending sheep in the vicinity of a Mesopotamian city. Woodcut by S.H., 1568, after V. Solis.