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Letter: Wrong Israel

Published 14 October 1995

From Edwin Scribner

Hasn’t anyone else picked up on the error by Dereck Johns in his Feedback Summer Competition entry (16 September)?

Abraham’s wife gave birth to Isaac, who in turn sired Jacob and Esau, the former getting the epithet Israel after dreaming that he wrestled with God.

Issue no. 1999 published 14 October 1995

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