עֵשָׂו H6215

Home gloss: Esau
Instead of (KJV / RSV): Esau
Note: Unexplained; heard with שֵׂעָר "hair" (25:25). Names table
Rulings: 17, 18

Occurrences (31)

Genesis 25

25:25 And the first went out ruddy, all of him like a mantle of hair; and they called his name Esau.
25:26 And after that his brother went out, and his hand holding on the heel of Esau; and he called his name Jacob. And Isaac was a son of sixty years at bearing them.
25:27 And the lads grew great, and Esau was a man knowing game, a man of field; and Jacob a whole man, dwelling in tents.
25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth; and Rebekah was loving Jacob.
25:29 And Jacob seethed a stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was spent.
25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, "Cram me, please, from the red, this red, for I am spent." Thus he called his name Edom.
25:32 And Esau said, "Look, I am going to die; and why this to me, a birthright?"
25:34 And Jacob gave to Esau bread and a stew of lentils; and he ate and drank and rose and went. And Esau despised the birthright.
25:34 And Jacob gave to Esau bread and a stew of lentils; and he ate and drank and rose and went. And Esau despised the birthright.

Genesis 26

26:34 And Esau was a son of forty years, and he took a woman: Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 27

27:1 And it was, when Isaac was old and his eyes grew dim from seeing, and he called Esau his son, the great one, and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am."
27:5 And Rebekah was hearing when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game, to bring.
27:5 And Rebekah was hearing when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game, to bring.
27:6 And Rebekah said to Jacob her son, saying, "Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,
27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
27:15 And Rebekah took the garments of Esau her son, the great one, the desirable ones that were with her in the house, and clothed Jacob her son, the small one.
27:19 And Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you spoke to me. Rise, please, sit and eat from my game, for the sake that your soul may bless me."
27:21 And Isaac said to Jacob, "Approach, please, and let me feel you, my son: are you this one, my son Esau, or not?"
27:22 And Jacob approached Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, "The voice, the voice of Jacob; and the hands, the hands of Esau."
27:23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were like the hands of Esau his brother, hairy; and he blessed him.
27:24 And he said, "You are this one, my son Esau?" And he said, "I am."
27:30 And it was, as Isaac finished blessing Jacob, and it was—only: going out, Jacob had gone out from the face of Isaac his father—and Esau his brother came from his game.
27:32 And Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" And he said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, and he cried out an outcry, great and bitter, exceedingly; and he said to his father, "Bless me, me too, my father!"
27:37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, "Look, I have put him master over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for slaves, and with grain and must I have supported him. And for you, therefore, what shall I do, my son?"
27:38 And Esau said to his father, "Is it one blessing you have, my father? Bless me, me too, my father!" And Esau lifted his voice and wept.
27:38 And Esau said to his father, "Is it one blessing you have, my father? Bless me, me too, my father!" And Esau lifted his voice and wept.
27:41 And Esau was hostile to Jacob over the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father will draw near, and I will kill Jacob my brother."
27:41 And Esau was hostile to Jacob over the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father will draw near, and I will kill Jacob my brother."
27:42 And the words of Esau her son, the great one, were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her son, the small one, and said to him, "Look, Esau your brother is comforting himself over you, to kill you.
27:42 And the words of Esau her son, the great one, were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her son, the small one, and said to him, "Look, Esau your brother is comforting himself over you, to kill you.