Topical Bible: Esau

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Introduction:
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, is a significant figure in the Hebrew Bible, known for his role in the narratives of Genesis. He is the twin brother of Jacob and the ancestor of the Edomites. Esau's life and actions have been subjects of theological reflection and moral lessons within the biblical tradition.

Birth and Early Life:
Esau's account begins in Genesis 25:19-34. Rebekah, after a period of barrenness, conceives twins through divine intervention. The Lord reveals to her that "two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger" (Genesis 25:23). Esau is born first, described as red and hairy, which leads to his name, meaning "hairy" or "rough."

Character and Lifestyle:
Esau is depicted as a skillful hunter and a man of the field, contrasting with Jacob, who is described as a quiet man dwelling in tents (Genesis 25:27). Esau's impulsive nature is highlighted in the account of him selling his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of stew, demonstrating a lack of foresight and appreciation for his inheritance (Genesis 25:29-34).

Marriage and Family:
Esau's choice of wives is a source of grief to his parents. He marries Judith and Basemath, Hittite women, which displeases Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26:34-35). Later, in an attempt to please his parents, Esau marries Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son (Genesis 28:8-9).

The Blessing:
The pivotal moment in Esau's life occurs in Genesis 27, where Isaac intends to bless Esau as the firstborn. However, through Rebekah's intervention and Jacob's deception, the blessing is given to Jacob. Esau's reaction is one of great distress and anger, leading him to plan to kill Jacob after Isaac's death (Genesis 27:41).

Reconciliation with Jacob:
Despite the initial animosity, Esau's later actions show a capacity for forgiveness. In Genesis 33, Esau meets Jacob with a warm embrace, demonstrating reconciliation and a willingness to move beyond past grievances. This encounter is marked by Esau's generosity and acceptance of Jacob's gifts, despite initially refusing them (Genesis 33:4-11).

Legacy and Descendants:
Esau becomes the progenitor of the Edomites, a nation often in conflict with Israel. His descendants are listed in Genesis 36, which details the chiefs and kings of Edom. The Edomites' relationship with Israel is complex, marked by both kinship and enmity.

Theological Reflections:
Esau's life is often interpreted as a cautionary tale about the consequences of impulsive decisions and the importance of valuing spiritual inheritance. The New Testament references Esau in Hebrews 12:16-17, warning against godlessness and the irreversible nature of certain choices.

Conclusion:
Esau's narrative is rich with themes of family dynamics, reconciliation, and the sovereignty of God's purposes. His account serves as a reminder of the complexities of human relationships and the enduring impact of personal decisions.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Esau

he that acts or finishes

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Esau

(hairy), the eldest son of Isaac, and twin-brother of Jacob. The singular appearance of the child at his birth originated the name. (Genesis 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 induced to sell his birthright to Jacob. Mention of his unhappy marriages may be found in (Genesis 26:34) The next episode in the life of Esau is the loss of his father's covenant blessing, which Jacob secured through the craft of his mother, and the anger of Esau, who vows vengeance. (Genesis 27:1) ... Later he marries a daughter of Ishmael, (Genesis 28:8,9) and soon after establishes himself in Mount Seir, where he was living when Jacob returned from Padan-aram rich and powerful, and the two brothers were reconciled. (Genesis 33:4) Twenty years thereafter they united in burying Isaac's body in the cave of Machpelah. Of Esau's subsequent history nothing is known; for that of his descendants see EDOM, IDUMAEA OR IDUMEA.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Esau

The son of Isaac, and twin brother of Jacob, Genesis 25:1-34. He was the elder of the two, and was therefore legally the heir, but sold his birthright to Jacob. We have an account of his ill-advised marriages, Genesis 26:34; of his loss of his father's chief blessing, and his consequent anger against Jacob, Genesis 27:1-46; of their subsequent reconciliation, Genesis 32:1-33:20; and of his posterity, Genesis 36:1-43. He is also called Edom; and settled in the mountains south of the Dead Sea, extending to the gulf of Akaba, where he became very powerful. This country was called from him the land of Edom, and afterwards IDUMAEA, which see.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hairy, Rebekah's first-born twin son (Genesis 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 they founded (25:22, 23, 26). In process of time Jacob, following his natural bent, became a shepherd; while Esau, a "son of the desert," devoted himself to the perilous and toilsome life of a huntsman. On a certain occasion, on returning from the chase, urged by the cravings of hunger, Esau sold his birthright to his brother, Jacob, who thereby obtained the covenant blessing (Genesis 27:28, 29, 36; Hebrews 12:16, 17). He afterwards tried to regain what he had so recklessly parted with, but was defeated in his attempts through the stealth of his brother (Genesis 27:4, 34, 38).

At the age of forty years, to the great grief of his parents, he married (Genesis 26:34, 35) two Canaanitish maidens, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Bashemath, the daughter of Elon. When Jacob was sent away to Padan-aram, Esau tried to conciliate his parents (Genesis 28:8, 9) by marrying his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. This led him to cast in his lot with the Ishmaelite tribes; and driving the Horites out of Mount Seir, he settled in that region. After some thirty years' sojourn in Padan-aram Jacob returned to Canaan, and was reconciled to Esau, who went forth to meet him (33:4). Twenty years after this, Isaac their father died, when the two brothers met, probably for the last time, beside his grave (35:29). Esau now permanently left Canaan, and established himself as a powerful and wealthy chief in the land of Edom (q.v.).

Long after this, when the descendants of Jacob came out of Egypt, the Edomites remembered the old quarrel between the brothers, and with fierce hatred they warred against Israel.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ESAU

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" (Genesis 25:25). There was a prenatal foreshadowing of the relation his descendants were to sustain to those of his younger brother, Jacob (Genesis 25:23). The moment of his birth also was signalized by a circumstance that betokened the same destiny (Genesis 25:26).

The young Esau was fond of the strenuous, daring life of the chase-he became a skillful hunter, "a man of the field" ('ish sadheh). His father warmed toward him rather than toward Jacob, because Esau's hunting expeditions resulted in meats that appealed to the old man's taste (Genesis 25:28). Returning hungry from one of these expeditions, however, Esau exhibited a characteristic that marked him for the inferior position which had been foretokened at the time of his birth. Enticed by the pottage which Jacob had boiled, he could not deny himself, but must, at once, gratify his appetite, though the calm and calculating Jacob should demand the birthright of the firstborn as the price (Genesis 25:30-34). Impulsively he snatched an immediate and sensual gratification at the forfeit of a future glory. Thus he lost the headship of the people through whom God's redemptive purpose was to be wrought out in the world, no less than the mere secular advantage of the firstborn son's chief share in the father's temporal possessions. Though Esau had so recklessly disposed of his birthright, he afterward would have secured from Isaac the blessing that appertained, had not the cunning of Rebekah provided for Jacob. Jacob, to be sure, had some misgiving about the plan of his mother (Genesis 27:12), but she reassured him; the deception was successful and he secured the blessing. Now, too late, Esau bitterly realized somewhat, at least, of his loss, though he blamed Jacob altogether, and himself not at all (Genesis 27:34, 36). Hating his brother on account of the grievance thus held against him, he determined upon fratricide as soon as his father should pass away (Genesis 27:41); but the watchful Rebekah sent Jacob to Haran, there to abide with her kindred till Esau's wrath should subside (Genesis 27:42-45).

Esau, at the age of forty, had taken two Hittite wives, and had thus displeased his parents. Rebekah had shrewdly used this fact to induce Isaac to fall in with her plan to send Jacob to Mesopotamia; and Esau, seeing this, seems to have thought he might please both Isaac and Rebekah by a marriage of a sort different from those already contracted with Canaanitish women. Accordingly, he married a kinswoman in the person of a daughter of Ishmael (Genesis 28:6, 9). Connected thus with the "land of Seir," and by the fitness of that land for one who was to live by the sword, Esau was dwelling there when Jacob returned from Mesopotamia. While Jacob dreaded meeting him, and took great pains to propitiate him, and made careful preparations against a possible hostile meeting, very earnestly seeking Divine help, Esau, at the head of four hundred men, graciously received the brother against whom his anger had so hotly burned. Though Esau had thus cordially received Jacob, the latter was still doubtful about him, and, by a sort of duplicity, managed to become separated from him, Esau returning to Seir (Genesis 33:12-17). Esau met his brother again at the death of their father, about twenty years later (Genesis 35:29). Of the after years of his life we know nothing.

Esau was also called Edom ("red"), because he said to Jacob: "Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage" (Genesis 25:30). The land in which he established himself was "the land of Seir," so called from Seir, ancestor of the Horites whom Esau found there; and called also Edom from Esau's surname, and, it may be, too, from the red sandstone of the country (Sayce).

"Esau" is sometimes found in the sense of the descendants of Esau, and of the land in which they dwelt (Deuteronomy 2:5 Obadiah 1:6, 8, 18, 19).

E. J. Forrester

Greek

2269. Esau -- Esau, a son of Isaac
... 2268, 2269. Esau. 2269a . Esau, a son of Isaac. Part of Speech: Proper
Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Esau Phonetic Spelling ...
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2269a. Esau -- Esau, a son of Isaac
... 2269, 2269a. Esau. 2269b . Esau, a son of Isaac. Transliteration: Esau
Short Definition: Esau. Word Origin of Hebrew origin Esav ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1315. Basemath -- "perfume," a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives ...
... 1314, 1315. Basemath. 1316 . "perfume," a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives
with the same name), also a daughter of Solomon. Transliteration ...
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6002. Amaleq -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity
... 6001b, 6002. Amaleq. 6003 . a descendant of Esau, also his posterity.
Transliteration: Amaleq Phonetic Spelling: (am-aw-lake') Short Definition: Amalek. ...
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201. Omar -- a grandson of Esau
... a grandson of Esau. Transliteration: Omar Phonetic Spelling: (o-mawr') Short Definition:
Omar. ... Omar. From 'amar; talkative; Omar, a grandson of Esau -- Omar. ...
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464. Eliphaz -- "God is fine gold," a son of Esau, also a friend ...
... Eliphaz. 465 . "God is fine gold," a son of Esau, also a friend of Job.
Transliteration: Eliphaz Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-faz') Short Definition: Eliphaz. ...
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173. Oholibamah -- "tent of the high place," wife of Esau, also an ...
... "tent of the high place," wife of Esau, also an Edomite leader. ... Aholibamah. From
'ohel and bamah; tent of (the) height; Oholibamah, a wife of Esau -- Aholibamah. ...
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6130. Aqan -- a descendant of Esau
... Aqan. 6131 . a descendant of Esau. Transliteration: Aqan Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-kawn') Short Definition: Akan. ... of Esau NASB Word Usage Akan (1). Akan. ...
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2566. Chamran -- a descendant of Esau
... Chamran. 2567 . a descendant of Esau. Transliteration: Chamran Phonetic Spelling:
(kham-rawn') Short Definition: Hamran. ... of Esau NASB Word Usage Hamran (1). ...
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4199. Mizzah -- grandson of Esau
... 4198, 4199. Mizzah. 4200 . grandson of Esau. Transliteration: Mizzah
Phonetic Spelling: (miz-zaw') Short Definition: Mizzah. Word ...
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112b. Edom -- another name for Esau, older son of Isaac, also his ...
... 112a, 112b. Edom. 113 . another name for Esau, older son of Isaac, also his
desc. and their territory. Transliteration: Edom Short Definition: Edom. ...
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3067. Yehudith -- Esau's wife
... 3066, 3067. Yehudith. 3068 . Esau's wife. Transliteration: Yehudith Phonetic
Spelling: (yeh-ho-deeth') Short Definition: 1365. Word ...
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Library

Jacob and Esau
... Jacob and Esau. A Sermon (No.241). ... REV. CH SPURGEON. At New Park Street Chapel,
Southwark. "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.""Romans 9:15. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/jacob and esau.htm

Jacob and Esau
... SERMON VI. JACOB AND ESAU. (Second Sunday in Lent.) ... And Esau said, Behold, I am at
the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon vi jacob and esau.htm

How Esau and Jacob, Isaac's Sons Divided their Habitation;
... CHAPTER 1. How Esau And Jacob, Isaac's Sons Divided Their Habitation; And
Esau Possessed Idumea And Jacob Canaan. 1. After the death ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how esau and.htm

Concerning the Sons of Isaac, Esau and Jacob; of their Nativity ...
... From The Creation To The Death Of Isaac. CHAPTER 18. Concerning The Sons
Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 18 concerning the sons.htm

Esau Gen 25:34; Heb 12:16
... BOOK I. On select Passages of Scripture. GENESIS Hymn 8 ESAU Gen 25:34; Heb 12:16.
John Newton ... ESAU Gen 25:34; Hebrews 12:16. Poor Esau repented too late. ...
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Concerning the Twins Esau and Jacob, who were Very Unlike Each ...
... Book V. Chapter 4."Concerning the Twins Esau and Jacob, Who Were Very
Unlike Each Other Both in Their Character and Actions. In ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 4 concerning the twins esau.htm

Jacob and Esau.
... JACOB AND ESAU. Jacob and Esau were twin brothers, sons of Isaac and Rebekah.
Esau was the dearer to his father; but Rebekah loved ...
//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/wee ones bible stories/jacob and esau.htm

Concerning the Meeting of Jacob and Esau.
... CHAPTER 20. Concerning The Meeting Of Jacob And Esau. ... Upon which Esau was
very glad, and met his brother with four hundred men. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 20 concerning the meeting.htm

Of the Things Mystically Prefigured in Esau and Jacob.
... Book XVI. Chapter 37."Of the Things Mystically Prefigured in Esau and Jacob.
Isaac's two sons, Esau and Jacob, grew up together. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 37 of the things mystically.htm

Celsus, Moreover, Sneers at the "Hatred" of Esau to Which...
... Chapter XLVI. Celsus, moreover, sneers at the "hatred" of Esau to which?
Celsus, moreover, sneers at the "hatred" of Esau (to ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlvi celsus moreover sneers.htm

Thesaurus

Esau (89 Occurrences)
... In process of time Jacob, following his natural bent, became a shepherd; while Esau,
a "son of the desert," devoted himself to the perilous and toilsome life ...
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Esau's (13 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Esau's (13 Occurrences). Genesis 25:26 After that, his
brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. ...
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Bashemath (6 Occurrences)
... Sweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's three wives (Genesis
36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. ...
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Se'ir (36 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Genesis 32:3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother,
to the land of Seir, the field of Edom. (See RSV). ...Esau is Edom. (See RSV). ...
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Basmath (7 Occurrences)
... bas'-e-math, bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"): (1) Basemath, one of
the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Genesis 26:34; the King ...
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Basemath (7 Occurrences)
... bas'-e-math, bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"): (1) Basemath, one of
the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Genesis 26:34; the King ...
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Reuel (14 Occurrences)
... Friend of God. (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath (Genesis 36:4, 10; 1 Chronicles
1:35). ... Reuel (14 Occurrences). Genesis 36:4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. ...
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Adah (8 Occurrences)
... (2.) The first of Esau's three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Genesis
36:2, 4), called also Bashemath (26:34). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADAH. ...
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Eliphaz (14 Occurrences)
... (2.) The son of Esau by his wife Adah, and father of several Edomitish tribes (Genesis
36:4, 10, 11, 16). Int. ... Genesis 36:4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. ...
/e/eliphaz.htm - 15k

Dukes (14 Occurrences)
... Genesis 36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, (KJV WBS). ...
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Resources

Who was Esau in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Why did God love Jacob and hate Esau (Malachi 1:3; Romans 9:13)? | GotQuestions.org

What was the story of Jacob and Esau? | GotQuestions.org

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Esau (89 Occurrences)

Romans 9:13
Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:20
By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:16
lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:25
The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:27
The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:28
Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:29
Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:30
Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 25:32
Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:34
Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:1
It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:5
Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:6
Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:11
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:15
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:19
Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:21
Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:22
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:23
He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:24
He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:30
It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:32
Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:34
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:36
He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"
(See RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:38
Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:41
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:42
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 28:5
Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 28:6
Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 28:8
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 28:9
Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:4
He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau:'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:6
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:8
and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:11
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:13
He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
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Genesis 32:17
He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying,'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?'
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Genesis 32:18
Then you shall say,'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'"
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Genesis 32:19
He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
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Genesis 33:1
Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
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Genesis 33:4
Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
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Genesis 33:5
Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
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Genesis 33:8
Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
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Genesis 33:9
Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours."
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Genesis 33:11
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
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Genesis 33:12
Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you."
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Genesis 33:15
Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
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Genesis 33:16
So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
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Genesis 35:1
God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
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Genesis 35:29
Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
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Genesis 36:1
Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
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Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;
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Genesis 36:4
Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.
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Genesis 36:5
Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 36:6
Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
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Genesis 36:8
Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
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Genesis 36:9
This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:
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Genesis 36:10
these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.
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Genesis 36:12
Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
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Genesis 36:13
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
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Genesis 36:14
These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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Genesis 36:15
These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
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Genesis 36:17
These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
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Genesis 36:18
These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
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Genesis 36:19
These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
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Genesis 36:40
These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
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Genesis 36:43
chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
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Deuteronomy 2:4
Command the people, saying,'You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;
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Deuteronomy 2:5
don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
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Deuteronomy 2:8
So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
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Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
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Deuteronomy 2:22
as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
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Deuteronomy 2:29
as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us."
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Joshua 24:4
I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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1 Chronicles 1:34
Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
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1 Chronicles 1:35
The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. The Second Book of Chronicles
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Jeremiah 49:8
Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
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Jeremiah 49:10
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
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Obadiah 1:6
How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
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Obadiah 1:8
"Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
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Obadiah 1:9
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
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Obadiah 1:18
The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau." Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.
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Obadiah 1:19
Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.
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Obadiah 1:21
Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh's.
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Malachi 1:2
"I have loved you," says Yahweh. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob;
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Malachi 1:3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
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Subtopics

Esau

Esau and Jacob

Esau is Defrauded of his Father's Blessing by Jacob

Esau with Jacob, Buries his Father

Esau: A Hunter

Esau: Ancestor of Edomites

Esau: Beloved by Isaac

Esau: Birth of

Esau: Called Edom

Esau: Descendants of

Esau: His Marriage To, a Grief to Isaac and Rebekah