Explanation
Yaqub was also known as Israel . He is the son of Ishaq (father) and Rafqa (mother) He was the grandson of Hazrat Ibrahim A.S. Hazrat Ishaq was the younger brother of Hazrat Ismail A.S He has 12 Childre n including Yusuf and Binyamin His name mentioned 16 times in the Quran He was born in Palestine , He met his son Hazrat Yousaf (AS) after a period of 40 years The Holy Qur'an has mentioned his story in a beautiful chapter entitled " Surah Yusuf".
