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 forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.Genesis 25:26 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd after that came forth his brother, and his hand had 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 skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.Genesis 25:28 · עֵשָׂ֖וNow Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: and Rebekah loved Jacob.Genesis 25:29 · עֵשָׂ֛וAnd Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came in 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 about to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?Genesis 25:34 · לְעֵשָׂ֗ו · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright.Genesis 26:34 · עֵשָׂו֙And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath 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 elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, 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 the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, 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 first-born; 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 first-born, Esau.Genesis 27:34 · עֵשָׂו֙When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and 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 grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what then shall I do for 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 the 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 Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.Genesis 28:6 · עֵשָׂ֗וNow Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, 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 saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;Genesis 28:9 · עֵשָׂ֖וand Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.Genesis 32:3 · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.Genesis 32:4 · לְעֵשָׂ֑וAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:Genesis 32:6 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.Genesis 32:8 · עֵשָׂ֛וand he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the 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 come and smite me, the mother with the children.Genesis 32:13 · לְעֵשָׂ֥וAnd he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him 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 are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.Genesis 32:19 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd he commanded also 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 was coming, 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; let that which thou hast be thine.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 favor 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 Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who 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, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.Genesis 36:1 · עֵשָׂ֖וNow these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).Genesis 36:2 · עֵשָׂ֛וEsau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,Genesis 36:4 · לְעֵשָׂ֖וAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;Genesis 36:5 · עֵשָׂ֔וand Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that 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 souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.Genesis 36:8 · עֵשָׂו֙ · עֵשָׂ֖וAnd Esau dwelt 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 Basemath 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 are 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 Basemath, Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:14 · עֵשָׂ֑ו · לְעֵשָׂ֔וAnd these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.Genesis 36:15 · עֵשָׂ֑ו · עֵשָׂ֔וThese are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,Genesis 36:17 · עֵשָׂ֔ו · עֵשָֽׂו׃And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:18 · עֵשָׂ֔ו · עֵשָֽׂו׃And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.Genesis 36:19 · עֵשָׂ֛וThese are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom.Genesis 36:40 · עֵשָׂו֙And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,Genesis 36:43 · עֵשָׂ֖וchief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.Deuteronomy 2:4 · עֵשָׂ֔וAnd command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;Deuteronomy 2:5 · לְעֵשָׂ֔וcontend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.Deuteronomy 2:8 · עֵשָׂ֗וSo we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber.And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.Deuteronomy 2:12 · עֵשָׂ֣וThe Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them).Deuteronomy 2:22 · עֵשָׂ֔וas he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:Deuteronomy 2:29 · עֵשָׂ֗וas the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah 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: and 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 Jalam, and Korah.Jeremiah 49:8 · עֵשָׂ֛וFlee ye, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I shall 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 destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.Obadiah 1:6 · עֵשָׂ֔וHow are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!Obadiah 1:8 · עֵשָֽׂו׃Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, 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 may be cut off from the mount of Esau 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 burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.Obadiah 1:19 · עֵשָׂ֗וAnd they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field 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 Jehovah’s.Malachi 1:2 · עֵשָׂ֤וI have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;Malachi 1:3 · עֵשָׂ֖וbut Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.