sheep. (Author’s note: Abraham gave birth to Ishmael (the wild ass) and Isaac (the white bull). Isaac fathered a boar ( Esau) and a sheep (Jacob.) Jacob had 12 sheep, who are the 12 patriarchs and the beginning of the 12 tribes.) 12 And when those twelve sheep had grown, they gave up one of them to the asses, and the asses again gave up that sheep to the wolves, and that sheep grew up among the wolves.
