A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Israel (H3478); married to Oholibamah (H0173), Judith (H3067), Adah (H5711H) and Mahalath (H4258); father of: Eliphaz (H0464), Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); also called Edom at Gen.25.30; 36.1,8,19,21; 1x,54; Also named: e.dom (אֱדוֹם "Edom" H0123H) § Esau = "hairy" eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples
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H6215 — עֵשָׂו
e.sav · Esau · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 25:25 · עֵשָֽׂו׃And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.Genesis 25:26 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.Genesis 25:27 · עֵשָׂ֗וAnd the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.Genesis 25:28 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.Genesis 25:29 · עֵשָׂ֛וAnd Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:Genesis 25:30 · עֵשָׂ֜וAnd Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.Genesis 25:32 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?Genesis 25:34 · לְעֵשָׂ֗ו · עֵשָׂ֖וThen Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.Genesis 26:34 · עֵשָׂו֙And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:Genesis 27:1 · עֵשָׂ֣ו׀And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.Genesis 27:5 · עֵשָׂ֖ו · עֵשָׂו֙And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].Genesis 27:6 · עֵשָׂ֥וAnd Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,Genesis 27:11 · עֵשָׂ֤וAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:Genesis 27:15 · עֵשָׂ֜וAnd Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:Genesis 27:19 · עֵשָׂ֣וAnd Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.Genesis 27:21 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.Genesis 27:22 · עֵשָֽׂו׃And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob’s voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.Genesis 27:23 · עֵשָׂ֥וAnd he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.Genesis 27:24 · עֵשָׂ֑וAnd he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].Genesis 27:30 · וְעֵשָׂ֣וAnd it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.Genesis 27:32 · עֵשָֽׂו׃And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.Genesis 27:34 · עֵשָׂו֙And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father.Genesis 27:37 · לְעֵשָׂ֗וAnd Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?Genesis 27:38 · עֵשָׂ֜ו · עֵשָׂ֛וAnd Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.Genesis 27:41 · עֵשָׂו֙ · עֵשָׂ֜וAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.Genesis 27:42 · עֵשָׂ֖ו · עֵשָׂ֣וAnd these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.Genesis 28:5 · וְעֵשָֽׂו׃And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.Genesis 28:6 · עֵשָׂ֗וWhen Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Genesis 28:8 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;Genesis 28:9 · עֵשָׂ֖וThen went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.Genesis 32:3 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Genesis 32:4 · לְעֵשָׂ֑וAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:Genesis 32:6 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.Genesis 32:8 · עֵשָׂ֛וAnd said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.Genesis 32:11 · עֵשָׂ֑וDeliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.Genesis 32:13 · לְעֵשָׂ֥וAnd he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;Genesis 32:17 · עֵשָׂ֣וAnd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?Genesis 32:18 · לְעֵשָׂ֑וThen thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob’s; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.Genesis 32:19 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.Genesis 33:1 · עֵשָׂ֣וAnd Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.Genesis 33:4 · עֵשָׂ֤וAnd Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.Genesis 33:9 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.Genesis 33:15 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the folk that [are] with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.Genesis 33:16 · עֵשָׂ֛וSo Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.Genesis 35:1 · עֵשָׂ֥וAnd God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.Genesis 35:29 · עֵשָׂ֥וAnd Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.Genesis 36:1 · עֵשָׂ֖וNow these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.Genesis 36:2 · עֵשָׂ֛וEsau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;Genesis 36:4 · לְעֵשָׂ֖וAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;Genesis 36:5 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.Genesis 36:6 · עֵשָׂ֡וAnd Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.Genesis 36:8 · עֵשָׂו֙ · עֵשָׂ֖וThus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.Genesis 36:9 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd these [are] the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:Genesis 36:10 · עֵשָׂ֑ו · עֵשָׂ֔ו · עֵשָֽׂו׃These [are] the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:12 · עֵשָׂ֔ו · עֵשָֽׂו׃And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these [were] the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:13 · עֵשָֽׂו׃And these [are] the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:14 · עֵשָׂ֑ו · לְעֵשָׂ֔וAnd these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.Genesis 36:15 · עֵשָׂ֑ו · עֵשָׂ֔וThese [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,Genesis 36:17 · עֵשָׂ֔ו · עֵשָֽׂו׃And these [are] the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these [are] the dukes [that came] of Reuel in the land of Edom; these [are] the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:18 · עֵשָׂ֔ו · עֵשָֽׂו׃And these [are] the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these [were] the dukes [that came] of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:19 · עֵשָׂ֛וThese [are] the sons of Esau, who [is] Edom, and these [are] their dukes.Genesis 36:40 · עֵשָׂו֙And these [are] the names of the dukes [that came] of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,Genesis 36:43 · עֵשָׂ֖וDuke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau the father of the Edomites.Deuteronomy 2:4 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:Deuteronomy 2:5 · לְעֵשָׂ֔וMeddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.Deuteronomy 2:8 · עֵשָׂ֗וAnd when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.Deuteronomy 2:12 · עֵשָׂ֣וThe Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.Deuteronomy 2:22 · עֵשָׂ֔וAs he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:Deuteronomy 2:29 · עֵשָׂ֗ו(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.Joshua 24:4 · עֵשָׂ֑ו · לְעֵשָׂ֜וAnd I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.1 Chronicles 1:34 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.1 Chronicles 1:35 · עֵשָׂ֑וThe sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.Jeremiah 49:8 · עֵשָׂ֛וFlee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time [that] I will visit him.Jeremiah 49:10 · עֵשָׂ֗וBut I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he [is] not.Obadiah 1:6 · עֵשָׂ֔וHow are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought up!Obadiah 1:8 · עֵשָֽׂו׃Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?Obadiah 1:9 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.Obadiah 1:18 · עֵשָׂו֙ · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].Obadiah 1:19 · עֵשָׂ֗וAnd [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.Obadiah 1:21 · עֵשָׂ֑וAnd saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.Malachi 1:2 · עֵשָׂ֤וI have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,Malachi 1:3 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.