Gustave Doré1866

Jacob and Esau Meet

After years apart, Esau runs to meet his brother, and the two embrace and weep as Jacob bows low before him in reconciliation (Genesis 33). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Jacob and Esau Meet by Gustave Doré depicting Genesis 33:1
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Depicted passages

Genesis 33:1-4Primary
Portrait of Gustave Doré

About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.

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