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Esau [a] is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible.He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis [3] and by the prophets Obadiah [4] and Malachi. [5] The story of Esau and Jacob reflects the historical relationship between Israel and Edom, aiming to explain why Israel, despite being a younger kingdom, dominated Edom. [6]
The Hebrew word Edom means "red", and the Hebrew Bible relates it to the name of its founder Esau, the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Isaac, because he was born "red all over". [18] As a young adult, he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a portion of "red pottage". [19] The Tanakh describes the Edomites as descendants of Esau. [20]
Esau עֵשָׂו (Edom אֱדֹֽום) Married three wives [1]. Reuel [2] רְעוּאֵֽל By Basemath בָּשְׂמַ֥ת (daughter of Elon the Hittite, wife of Ishmael?) [3] Also called Mahalath (the sister of Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael) Married just after Jacob's flight to Haran
The Amalekites (/ ˈ æ m ə l ɛ k aɪ t s /) [17] were claimed to be Amalek's descendants through the genealogy of Esau. [18] According to the Hebrew Bible, the Amalekites inhabited the Negev and Sinai. [3] They appear to have lived a nomadic or seminomadic lifestyle along the fringes of southern Canaan's agricultural zone. [4]
Later, according to Genesis 36, the Horites co-existed and inter-married with the family of Esau, grandson of Abraham through Isaac (Genesis 25:21–25). They were eventually brought under the rule of the descendants of Esau, also then known as Edom. Mt Hor, seen from cliffs near Petra, from The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and ...
Peter Paul Rubens, The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau, 1624. Genesis 32-33 [15] tells of Jacob and Esau's eventual meeting according to God's commandment in Genesis 31:3 and 32:10 [16] after Jacob had spent more than 20 years staying with Laban in Padan-Aram. The two men prepare for their meeting like warriors about to enter into battle.
Julia Campbell, 60, has spent two decades establishing a family tree to identify every heir with even the slimmest stake in the 25-acre John’s Island land her family has held since the 19th century.
As the reading continues in chapter 36, the text recounts Esau's children. [67] Esau took his household, animals, and all his possessions that he had gathered in Canaan and went to a land apart from Jacob, in Edom, for their substance was too great for them to dwell together. [68] The text then recounts Esau's descendants, among whom were ...