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Esau

son of Isaac

Son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob and ancestor of Edom.

77 appearances6 Bible books2 known aliases

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Firstborn of and , a hunter who comes in famished from the field and sells his birthright to his twin for a bowl of stew. He loses his father's blessing through Jacob's deception and resolves to kill him, though years later the two are reconciled at the . He marries women and a daughter of , settles in the hill country of , and becomes the ancestor of the whose chiefs are catalogued in Genesis 36. holds him up as a warning of one who sold his inheritance for a single meal.

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