In the foreign land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong-willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob. The first-born, Esau, is a strong and fearless ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthew Modine | ... | Jacob | |
| Lara Flynn Boyle | ... | Rachel | |
| Sean Bean | ... | Esau | |
| Joss Ackland | ... | Isaac | |
| Juliet Aubrey | ... | Leah | |
| Irene Papas | ... | Rebekah | |
| Giancarlo Giannini | ... | Laban | |
| Christoph Waltz | ... | Morash | |
| Christoph M. Ohrt | ... | Be'or (as Christoph Ohrt) | |
| Philip Locke | ... | Diviner | |
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Daniel Newman | ... | Reuben (age 14) |
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Cecilia Dazzi | ... | Billah |
| Yvonne Sciò | ... | Judith (as Yvonne Scio') | |
| Garry Cooper | ... | Caananite 1 | |
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Bev Willis | ... | Caananite 2 |
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In the foreign land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong-willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob. The first-born, Esau, is a strong and fearless hunter with a voracious appetite for sensual pleasures. Jacob is a shepherd, more tender and compassionate han Esau. Just as Esau is the pride of his father, so is Jacob the apple of his mother's eye. Rebekah is convinced that Jacob, though the second born son, is the chosen one and the rightful heir of Isaac and Abraham. And she tells him that when she was with child, God announced to her: "Two nations are within thy womb. Two manner of men shall be delivered to you. The one shall be stronger than the other and the elder shall serve the younger". One day Esau returns from a hunt to find Jacob preparing a lentil porridge. Famished, he asks Jacob for some food. Jacob agrees, but on one condition: that Esau sell him his birthright. Since Esau ascribes little value to its meaning, he readily agrees and they...
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4 December 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jacob: A TNT Bible Story See more »Filming Locations:
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i found Jacob to be intriguing and a great biblical story of love, first i am not that familiar with most bible story's probably because the religious folk only tell us what they deem most significant IE moses ,jesus etc i had never heard the more personal side of his life and am glad i got to watch this.
however i think Jacob's story should be as told as other more well known biblical figures as it allows us to hear story's other than the thou shall and thou shalt not and all other story's parent's tell there children to frighten them. if you are interested in the bible i would highly recommend you watch this and the cast give a emotional and convincing performance. a beautiful if not tragic love story.