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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72309" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72309" /> == | ||
<p> '''E'sau.''' ''(hairy).'' The eldest son of Isaac, and twin brother of Jacob. The singular appearance of the child at his birth originated the name. Genesis 25:25. Esau's robust frame and "rough" aspect were the types of a wild and daring nature. He was a thorough Bedouin, a "son of the desert." He was much loved by his father, and was, of course, his heir, but was induced to sell his birthright to Jacob. [[Mention]] of his unhappy marriages may be found in Genesis 26:34. </p> <p> The next episode in the life of Esau is the loss of his father's covenant blessing, which Jacob secured through the craft of his mother, and the anger of Esau, who vows vengeance. Genesis 27:1. Later, he marries a daughter of Ishmael, Genesis 28:8-9, and soon after, establishes himself in Mount Seir, where he was living when Jacob returned from Padan-aram, rich and powerful, and the two brothers were reconciled. Genesis 33:4. Twenty years thereafter, they united in burying Isaac's body in the cave of Machpelah. Of Esau's subsequent history, nothing is known; for that of his descendants. ''See '' | <p> '''E'sau.''' ''(hairy).'' The eldest son of Isaac, and twin brother of Jacob. The singular appearance of the child at his birth originated the name. Genesis 25:25. Esau's robust frame and "rough" aspect were the types of a wild and daring nature. He was a thorough Bedouin, a "son of the desert." He was much loved by his father, and was, of course, his heir, but was induced to sell his birthright to Jacob. [[Mention]] of his unhappy marriages may be found in Genesis 26:34. </p> <p> The next episode in the life of Esau is the loss of his father's covenant blessing, which Jacob secured through the craft of his mother, and the anger of Esau, who vows vengeance. Genesis 27:1. Later, he marries a daughter of Ishmael, Genesis 28:8-9, and soon after, establishes himself in Mount Seir, where he was living when Jacob returned from Padan-aram, rich and powerful, and the two brothers were reconciled. Genesis 33:4. Twenty years thereafter, they united in burying Isaac's body in the cave of Machpelah. Of Esau's subsequent history, nothing is known; for that of his descendants. ''See '' [[Edom]] ''.'' </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31429" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31429" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70049" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70049" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Esau]] (''ç'saw'' ), or [[Edom]] (''ç'dom'' ). Son of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Jacob. Genesis 25:25; Genesis 36:1. The most important events of his life are intimately connected with the life of Jacob. See Jacob. His family settled on Mount Seir, east of Jordan, which was hence called Edom, and bis descendants were the Edomites, one of the most powerful and formidable nations of that age. The prophecies concerning Esau and Edom have been literally fulfilled. His family has become extinct, "cut off forever," so that there is none "remaining of the house of Esau," Obadiah 1:18; Jeremiah 49:17; Ezekiel 25:13, and "the things of Esau" have been "so searched out and his hidden things sought up," Obadiah 1:6, "that not a relic can be found in their ancient dwellings." See Edom. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15974" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15974" /> == | ||
