Esau

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Scripture references

• Genesis 25:25

  The first to be born was red, altogether like a hairy cloak; so they named him Esau.

• Genesis 25:30

  Give me a mouthful of that red stuff there; I am exhausted' -- hence the name given to him, Edom.

• Genesis 25:33

  he gave him his oath and sold his birthright to Jacob.

• Genesis 26:34

  When Esau was forty years old he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

• Genesis 26:35

  These were a bitter disappointment to Isaac and Rebekah.

• Genesis 27:3

  Now take your weapons, your quiver and bow; go out into the country and hunt me some game.

• Genesis 27:30

  As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and just as Jacob was leaving his father Isaac, his brother Esau returned from hunting.

• Genesis 27:34

  On hearing his father's words, Esau cried out loudly and bitterly and said to his father, 'Father, bless me too!'

• Genesis 27:36

  His name should be Jacob right enough, for he has now supplanted me twice. First he took my birthright, and look, now he has gone and taken my blessing!

• Genesis 27:41

  Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him, and Esau said to himself, 'The time to mourn for my father will soon be here. Then I shall kill my brother Jacob.'

• Genesis 28:8

  Esau then realised how much his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women.

• Genesis 28:9

  So Esau went to Ishmael and chose for a wife, in addition to the wives he had, Mahalath daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

• Genesis 32:4

  Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in Seir, the open country of Edom,

• Genesis 32:7

  The messengers returned to Jacob and told him, 'We went to your brother Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you; there are four hundred men with him.'

• Genesis 33:4

  But Esau ran to meet him, took him in his arms, threw himself on his neck and wept as he kissed him.

• Genesis 33:9

  'Brother, I have plenty,' Esau answered, 'keep what is yours.'

• Genesis 33:11

  And he urged him, and Esau accepted.

• Genesis 33:16

  So that day Esau turned back towards Seir,

• Genesis 35:29

  when he breathed his last. He died and was gathered to his people, an old man who had enjoyed his full span of life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

• Genesis 36:1

  These are the descendants of Esau, that is, Edom.

• Genesis 36:6

  Esau took his wives, his sons and daughters, all the members of his household, his livestock, all his cattle and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan and left for Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

• Genesis 36:8

  That is why Edom settled in the mountainous region of Seir. Esau is Edom.

• Genesis 36:19

  These were the sons of Esau -- that is, Edom -- and these are their chieftains.

• Genesis 36:43

  These are the chieftains of Edom, as settled in the territory which they own. Esau was Edom's ancestor.