When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, the firstborn, Esau, came out covered with red hair, as if he were wearing a hairy garment, and his heel was grasped by the hand of Jacob, the secondborn.

When Rebekah heard about his murderous intentions, she ordered Jacob to travel to her brother Laban's house in Haran, until Esau's anger subsided.

When the being saw that he did not overpower Jacob, he touched Jacob on the sinew of his thigh ( the gid hanasheh, גיד הנשה ), and as a result, Jacob developed a limp ( Genesis 32: 31 ).

When Isaac died at the age of 180, Jacob and Esau buried him in the Cave of the Patriarchs, which Abraham had purchased as a family burial plot.

When Joseph was seventeen years old, Jacob made a long coat or tunic of many colors for him.

When the sons of Israel ( Jacob ) returned to Hebron from their second trip, they came back with twenty additional donkeys carrying all kinds of goods and supplies as well as Egyptian transport wagons.

When Laban planned to deceive Jacob into marrying Leah instead of Rachel, the Midrash recounts that both Jacob and Rachel suspected that Laban would pull such a trick ; Laban was known as the " Aramean " ( deceiver ), and changed Jacob's wages ten times during his employ ( Genesis 31: 7 ).

When Abel Tasman reached New Zealand in 1642, he named it Staten Landt, believing it to be part of the land Jacob Le Maire had discovered in 1616 off the coast of Argentina.

When Jacob was six years old, his father taught him to play the violin ; within two years the boy was composing songs and dances, and at the age of nine he took up the cello.

When he was about ten years old his father, Jacob Stephen Hawker, took Holy Orders and left Plymouth to become curate of Altarnun, leaving him in the care of his grandparents.

When Esau sold the birthright of the first born to Jacob, Rashi explains that the priesthood was sold along with it, because by right the priesthood belongs to the first-born.

When Jacob Eisiminger was offered the honor of having the village named after him, he declined, stating that the new village would be handicapped with such an unusual name ; accordingly, it was named Broadwell.

When Jacob Munster, a young man from the Netherlands who until the 1860s spelled his surname " Monster ," opened an area General Store complete with a U. S. postal station on the back, the local farmers and settlers came to rely on the postal station, which soon became a United States Post Office.

When Madden moved away, the area became known as Connersville in 1828, for Jacob Conner, a settler who assumed responsibility for the growing town.

When Jacob confronted the redcoats, they bound him to a tree with a bridle bit in his mouth.

When he left the home of his father, George Crossnore, Jacob moved from Stewart County, Tennessee, to what is now Benton County, Tennessee.

When the promoters of the Columbus and Toledo Railroad Company, present day CSX, announced its route would include Salt Rock Township, Samuel Morral I and Jacob Neff, each of whom owned the land where the village now is, entered into the business of selling commercial and residential lots.

When Jacob Berab died, Karo was regarded as his successor, and together with Rabbi Moshe of Trani he headed the Rabbinical Court of Safed.

When the Prussians began to worry about their borders, he sent Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten with light troops ( the so-called Sprengtportenska ) to Mecklenburg and on 23 December defeated a Prussian force at Malchin on 23 December.

When additional cannon fire erupted from Mexican positions up and down the river's bank, fort commander Jacob Brown pointed his guns into the city of Matamoros.

When he heard that Paul Whiteman was looking for singers to replace the Rhythm Boys, Mercer applied and got the job, `` not for my voice, I'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally ''.

When Mayor Dever heard of the banquet he summoned Hughes for an explanation of why he had been dishonouring the police department by consorting with these felons and fixers.

When he heard of his brothers' anger, Palfrey was still hopeful that they could be persuaded to accept his notion of paying wages.

When he heard Calenda say: `` What about that picture you took this afternoon ''??

When Chain heard that he was coming, he remarked " Good God!

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" When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more adequately.

" When he was looking for a suitable place to step into the stream, he heard the sweet chirping of birds.

When Artemis and Apollo heard this impiety, Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, and Artemis shot her daughters, who died instantly without a sound.

When his friends and financiers heard this, they urged him to premiere the symphony in Vienna.

When the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by a whale in 1820, the captain opted to sail 3000 miles upwind to Chile rather than 1400 miles downwind to the Marquesas because he had heard the Marquesans were cannibals.

When Confucius heard of the raid, he requested from Viscount Ji Huan to allow the duke and his court to retreat to a stronghold on his palace grounds.

When they heard of the Praetorians ' claim, they demanded that Claudius be delivered to them for approval, but he refused, sensing the danger that would come with complying.

When Catherine II of Russia heard of his financial troubles she commissioned an agent in Paris to buy the library.

When his preaching companions heard of his death, all save Dominic and a very small number of others returned to their homes.

When Danny Kaye heard about the accident, he immediately flew his own plane to McCarran Airport to pick up Schoen and bring him back to Los Angeles to guarantee the best medical attention.

When he heard about the expulsion of his family to Poland, he drove to the German embassy and killed the German diplomat Eduard Ernst vom Rath.

When label founder and president Seymour Stein heard his demo, he said, " He sounds like Bob Dylan.

When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew his lyre and played music that was more beautiful and louder, drowning out the Sirens ' bewitching songs.

When he heard the commotion from the senate chamber, Antony fled.

When forced to go, his call is heard loud and clear.

When you had trade unions, ordinary people, rank and file, never been on television, never been interviewed, and they're not allowed to be heard, that's scandalous.

When he heard that there was a Buddhist teacher on the rocky island of Putuo he quickly journeyed there to learn.