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When Esau discovered what had happened, he was furious at Jacob and wanted to kill him, forcing his brother to flee the home. Jacob spent 20 years at the home of his uncle Laban in Haran , who also became his father-in-law when Jacob married his daughters Leah and Rachel . 14
- The Beheading of Esau
Isaac loved Esau, because [Esau] fed him from his game, and...
- Ishmael
Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael.Son of the...
- Why Did Isaac Love Esau
Esau, however, had kept his best clothes in readiness to...
- The Beheading of Esau
- Amalek and The Amalekites
- The Use of The Term “Duke”
- Horites and Seirs
One of Esau’s sons Eliphaz, had a concubine, or secondary wife, named Timna. She was the sister of one of the leaders of the Horites in Seir (Genesis 36:22). She bore Amalek to Eliphaz (Gen.36:12). Because Amalek did not have the same mother as the other sons of Eliphaz, it may be that he was ostracized. The ostracization by his brothers may have l...
Esau increased in power and influence and his descendants soon organized themselves into political and administrative units. His ten grandsons and the three sons of his wife Aholibamah became dukes (Genesis 36:15–19). The term ‘duke’ is associated with the word for a ‘thousand’. It seems to have been an Edomite name for a leader of a tribe. These w...
The original inhabitants of the area conquered by Esau were Horites. These Horites are not to be identified with the well-known Hurrians who occupied parts of Syria and Canaan in the time of Moses. The Horites were ‘in their mountain of Seir’ when the kings of the East attacked them in the days of Abraham (Gen.14:6). The name ‘Hore’ means ‘hole’. T...
The incident where Esau rashly “sells” the birthright to Jacob for some stew reveals that Esau did not appreciate the gravity of this blessing and that Jacob had had his eye on it. ( Genesis 27:1-40) The family blessing was more personal than the birthright.
- Genesis 25:19-34. 19 This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 26:34-35. 34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- Genesis 27:1-45. 1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.”
- Numbers 24:17-19. 17 “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth.
New International Version. Jacob Meets Esau. 33 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants. 2 He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. 3 He himself went on ahead and ...
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Apr 13, 2022 · In this prophecy from the Lord, it is Esau, the eldest son of Isaac and Rebekah, who would serve Jacob, his younger brother. The Bible account of Jacob and Esau includes Esau selling his birthright to Jacob and Jacob misleading his father Isaac into blessing him instead of Esau.
24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. 25 The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.[ b] 26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.[ c] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
