Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.

A vain man making extravagant charitable bequests. Engraving by N. Guérard, 1715/1719.

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Disinheritance

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A vain man making extravagant charitable bequests. Engraving by N. Guérard, 1715/1719.

Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.