Book Title: The history of the Old and New Testament, : extracted out of sacred Scripture and writings of the Fathers To which are added the lives, travels and sufferings of the apostles ... / translated from the Sieur de Royaumont [pseud.] by several hands ...

Author: Fontaine, Nicolas, 1625-1709

Image Title: Isaac Blesses Jacob

Scripture Reference:

• Genesis 27 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Rebekah helps Jacob fool his father, Isaac, into giving him Esau’s blessing, while Esau is away hunting game (left). As the numeral at the head of the page indicates, this is plate #24 in a series of illustrations, and the artist or engraver’s name, Frederik Hendrik van den Hove (1628/29-1698), has been placed in the lower left corner of the woodcut.

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