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(Encyclopedia) Zilpah zĭlˈpə [key], in the Bible, Leah's maid, mother of two of Jacob's sons. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cuyp or Kuyp both: koip [key], family of Dutch painters of Dordrecht. Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp, 1594–c.1651, pupil of Abraham Bloemaert, was a portrait and landscape painter. His stepbrother and pupil...

(Encyclopedia) Leah lēˈə [key], in the Bible, Laban's elder, less beautiful daughter and Jacob's first wife. ...

(Encyclopedia) Abel-mizraim āˈbəl-mĭzrāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place “beyond Jordan” where Jacob was mourned. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gimbel gĭmˈbəl [key], family of American merchants and philanthropists. Adam Gimbel, 1815–96, b. Bavaria, emigrated (1835) to the United States and traveled up and down the Mississippi River pedd...

(Encyclopedia) Samoa, chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, comprising the independent nation of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and E of long. 171° W, the islands of American Samoa, under U.S. control. T...

(Encyclopedia) Atad āˈtăd [key], in the Bible, name of the unidentified threshing floor where Joseph and his brethren mourned the death of Jacob. ...

(Encyclopedia) El-elohe-Israel ĕl-ĕlōˈhē-ĭzˈrēəl [key], in the Bible, name of an altar erected by Jacob in Shechem. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mahanaim māˌhənāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, unidentified city E of the Jordan River near the Jabbok. There Jacob met angels; there, also, David took refuge from Absalom. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bilhah bĭlˈhə [key], in the Bible. 1 Rachel's maid and Jacob's concubine. 2 City of Simeon, of unknown location. It also appears as Baalah and Balah. ...