Esau
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast
thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD:
yet I loved Jacob,...
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother
meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and
whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?...
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And these [are] the names of the dukes [that came] of Esau,
according to their families, after their places, by their
names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,...
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According to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, Esau
(pronounced /ˈiːsɔː/) (Hebrew עֵשָׂו, Standard Hebrew Esav,
Tiberian Hebrew ʿĒśāw; Greek: Ἡσαῦ) was the fraternal twin
brother[1][2][3] of Jacob (whom God renamed Israel)-the
patriarch and founder of the Israelites.[4] Esau and Jacob
were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandson...
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e'-so (`esaw, "hairy"; Esau): Son of Isaac, twin brother of
Jacob. The name was given on account of the hairy covering
on his body at birth: "all over like a hairy garment" (Gen
25:25). There was a prenatal foreshadowing of the relation
his descendants were to sustain to those of his younger
brother, Jacob (Gen 25:23). The moment of his birth ...
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Older of the twin sons born to Isaac and Rebekah
-Birth of
Ge 25:19-26; 1Ch 1:34
-Called Edom
Ge 36:1,8
-A hunter
Ge 25:27,28
-Beloved by Isaac
Ge 25:27,28
-Sells his birthright for a single meal
Ge 25:29-34; Mal 1:2; Ro 9:13; Heb 12:16
-Marries a Hittite woman
Ge 26:34
-His marriage to, a grief to Isaac and Rebekah
Ge 26:35
-Polygam...
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(hairy), the eldest son of Isaac, and twin-brother of Jacob.
The singular appearance of the child at his birth originated
the name. Ge 25:25 Esau's robust frame and "rough" aspect were
the types of a wild and daring nature. He was a thorough
Bedouin, a "son of the desert." He was much loved by his
father, and was of course his heir, but was in...
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hairy, Rebekah's first-born twin son (Gen. 25:25). The name
of
Edom, "red", was also given to him from his conduct
in
connection with the red lentil "pottage" for which
he sold his
birthright (30, 31). The circumstances connected
with his birth
foreshadowed the enmity which afterwards subsisted
between the
twin brothers and the nations th...
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("hairy, rough"); for at birth he "came out red (from whence
his name EDOM), all over like an hairy garment" (Genesis
25:25). The animal appearance marked his sensual, self
willed, untamed nature, in which the moral, spiritual
elements were low. Secar, "hairy," may have also originated
the designation of his territory, mount Sier, i.e." thickl...
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