Esau

Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you?

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.

Acting on the urgent advice of his mother, Jacob fled to Haran to stay with his Uncle Laban until Esau got over his anger.

The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents.

And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob.

Moved by gratitude to God for his brother's forgiveness, Jacob said to Esau: To see your face is like seeing the face of God.

Jacob's world was crumbling. He was on the run. His brother, Esau, had sworn to kill him for taking the blessing as firstborn.

When Esau heard his father's words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me-me too, my father! "

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Then Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau her older son, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Esau's conversations have gone from bitterness and hatred to revenge and murder. Esau is coming up with a plan, a plot for a double funeral.

Your warriors, O Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau's mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.

then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us. '

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

And 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.

And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with you? " he asked.

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

I thought of Esau and two kids and of the warm, happy home Doris had made for them.

Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one meal gave up his own birthright.

Isaac loved Esau who was a strong, masculine-looking hunter, but Rebekah loved Jacob, a mild-mannered homebody (25: 27, 28).

The story of Jacob and Esau is a magnificent account of how God's love melts resentment and moves us to forgive.

Don't worry. (Take esau) he will buy the train ticket for you.

And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

Flee 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.

After Isaac finished blessing him and Jacob had scarcely left his father's presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

Esau (Hebrew hairy) the man who lost his inheritance because he was more interested in the now than the future.

Give the people these orders: 'You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir.

Esau got everything and I had to serve my older brother.

The Five Books of Moses subtracted from the Ten Commandments leaves five. Minus the brothers Jacob and Esau leaves three.

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

Jacob thought Esau would harm him, so he sent gifts ahead as a peace offering of sorts.

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

Esau was a farmer and hunter who knew every inch of the country.

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.

And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me?

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau.

He spent a lifetime in conflict with his brother, Esau, but his biggest battle was with God.

God confounds the structures of society. God picks Abel, not Cain. God chooses Jacob, not Esau.

Because Esau loves hunting and runs wild each day, Jacob likes quietness and stays home each day.

Jacob was the younger brother of Esau.

Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.

Look, I am about to die, "Esau said. " What good is the birthright to me?

When their father dies, Esau plans to add to the days of mourning by killing his brother.

Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the.

I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Then 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.

By faith also of things to come, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

How esau Judging from the literal meaning, their rooms are not swept, and how to clean up the world?

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Esau prepares to meet Jacob his twin bother.

His hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name.

To continue the story: Esau went away to hunt for wild game as his father had asked.

And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

You sound like Jacob, but yet your arms are rough like Esau's.

After a tense meeting with his brother Esau, Jacob returned to Bethel (35: 1).

Thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

Rom. 9: 13 As it is written, 'Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. '

Esau was Isaac's favorite son.

Ah, yet you smell like Esau.

I am Esau, your firstborn.

When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith.

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.

And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

Esau went hunting and he was my father's favourite son.

I watched as Esau came back with the meat prepared. My father became confused.

"Are you really my son Esau? " he asked.

He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

But Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep waht you have for yourself. "

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles;

Full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob

27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning

Were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

And Esau was forty years old when he took

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau

His son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for