WEBJacob (Yaakov in Hebrew) was the third and final of the Jewish Patriarchs.Jacob lived in the Land of Canaan, Haran, and Egypt.Unlike Abraham and Isaac, Jacob’s entire family remained righteous—his 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel, the Shevatim.. The Jewish Sages call Jacob the "favorite" of the Patriarchs.1 After Jacob successfully fought off an …