Thematic Bible: Esau


Thematic Bible



When your brother's anger is gone and he has forgotten what you did to him, I will let you know. Then you may come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day? Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesForgetting ThingsAnger SubsidingBereavement

Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learned that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria. Jacob did as his father and mother said. He went to Paddan-aram. It was clear to Esau that his father despised the local Canaanite women. read more.
So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. These two women brought a lot of grief to his parents, Isaac and Rebekah.

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy



The first one was reddish. His skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstOuter GarmentsHairy PeopleRed BodiesTwin BrothersColorHair

But, brother, I already have plenty, Esau replied. Keep them for yourself. Verse ConceptsNot Receiving

Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodVegetablesThose Who Provided A Meallent

No sooner had Isaac finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob left his presence, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. Verse ConceptsGoing Outside

This is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom, and his descendants.



One day while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from hunting. He was hungry. He said to Jacob: I am starving! Give me some of that red stuff. (That is why he was named Edom.) Jacob answered: I will give it to you if you give me your birthright as the firstborn son. read more.
Esau said: All right! I am about to die. What good are rights as firstborn to me? Jacob answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright.



I have loved you, said Jehovah. You replied: How have you loved us? Was Esau Jacob's brother? Responded Jehovah: Yet I loved Jacob. Verse ConceptsJacob, The PatriarchGod Hating PeopleGod's Love For Us

Turn and run, take cover in deep places inhabitants of Dedan. When I punish them, I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau. Verse ConceptsCavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

Do not start a fight with them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not so much as one foot. I gave Esau's descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property. Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godfootprints

Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau. I will find their hiding places. They will not be able to hide. Their children and relatives will be destroyed. None of their neighbors will say: Verse ConceptsGod Stripping Peoplehiding

How is Esau searched, his hidden treasures sought? Verse ConceptsRobbing People

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. Verse ConceptsPolygamyNamed Sisters

Esau selected his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

This is the genealogy of Abraham's son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife because she was childless. Jehovah answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant. read more.
She was going to have twins. Before they were born they struggled against each other in her womb. She said: Why should something like this happen to me? She asked Jehovah for an answer. Jehovah said: Two nations are within you. You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other. The older will serve the younger. The time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to twin sons. The first one was reddish. His skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau. The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal! Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his father's blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.

No sooner had Isaac finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob left his presence, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. He also prepared a good-tasting meal and brought it to his father. Then he said to his father: Please, Father, eat some of the meat I have hunted for you so that you will bless me. Who are you? his father Isaac asked him. I am your firstborn son, Esau, he answered. read more.
Isaac began to tremble and shake all over. He asked: Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his forever. When Esau heard this he cried out loudly and bitterly. He said: Give me your blessing also, Father! Isaac responded: Your brother deceived me. He has taken your blessing. Esau said: This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the firstborn son. Now he has taken my blessing. Have you saved a blessing for me? Isaac answered: I have already made him master over you. I have made all his relatives his slaves. I have given him grain and wine. Now there is nothing that I can do for you, son! Esau pleaded: Father, please! Do you have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father! Esau broke down and wept.


Shall I not in that day, said Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and destroy understanding out of the mountain of Esau? Your mighty men, O Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that every one may be destroyed (removed) from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

The house of Jacob will be a fire! The house of Joseph will be a flame! The house of Esau will be for stubble and they will burn among them, and devour them. There will be no survivors of the house of Esau: for Jehovah has spoken! And they of the South will possess the mount of Esau! They of the lowland, the Philistines, will possess the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria! Benjamin will possess Gilead. The captives of this host of the children of Israel among the Canaanites, will possess Zarephath. The captives of Jerusalem in Sepharad will possess the cities of the South. read more.
Saviors will come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be Jehovah's.

Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodVegetablesThose Who Provided A Meallent

Esau said: All right! I am about to die. What good are rights as firstborn to me? Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy

Jacob answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors. Jacob was an upright man who stayed at home. Verse ConceptsHuntingQuietnessSkillTentsArchers, MenGrowing UpMen Of PeaceOutside The Houseparenting

The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors. Jacob was an upright man who stayed at home. Isaac preferred Esau. This is because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed. Rebecca preferred Jacob.

The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors. Jacob was an upright man who stayed at home. Isaac preferred Esau. This is because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed. Rebecca preferred Jacob.

You will be covered with shame for the violence done to your brother Jacob. You will be destroyed and disgraced for a very long time. In that day you stood on the other side! In that day strangers carried away his wealth. Foreigners entered his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem! It was as if you were one of them! Do not look on the day of your brother's disaster. Do not rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction! Do not speak proudly in the day of distress. read more.
Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity! Do not look on their affliction in the day of their tragedy! Do not loot their wealth in the day of their disaster. Do not stand in the way of those who escape and do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.

This is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom, and his descendants.

So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.

These two women brought a lot of grief to his parents, Isaac and Rebekah. Verse ConceptsTroubling Individuals

Isaac took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death at a very old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfOld Age, Attainment OfDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherFamily Death

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy

Turn and run, take cover in deep places inhabitants of Dedan. When I punish them, I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau. Verse ConceptsCavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

Jacob saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. Therefore he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two concubines. Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

The house of Jacob will be a fire! The house of Joseph will be a flame! The house of Esau will be for stubble and they will burn among them, and devour them. There will be no survivors of the house of Esau: for Jehovah has spoken! Verse Conceptsreuniting

She was told: The older will serve the younger. It is written: I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau.

Jehovah said: Two nations are within you. You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other. The older will serve the younger. Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombFavouritismJacob, The PatriarchSubjectionTwo GroupsFreshness Of YouthWombServing PeopleStrong NationsOvercoming Adversity

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal! Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his father's blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.

He said to Jacob: I am starving! Give me some of that red stuff. (That is why he was named Edom.) Jacob answered: I will give it to you if you give me your birthright as the firstborn son. Esau said: All right! I am about to die. What good are rights as firstborn to me? read more.
Jacob answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright.

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob. Verse ConceptsGrudgesJealousyReconciliation, Between BelieversRegretRivalrySeasons, Of LifeSpiteAlienation, Examples OfNearness Of DeathSoliloquyMourning DeathAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDeath Will Soon HappenNear The Time PersonallyPeople BlessingHating IndividualsNamed People Angry With Others

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob. Verse ConceptsGrudgesJealousyReconciliation, Between BelieversRegretRivalrySeasons, Of LifeSpiteAlienation, Examples OfNearness Of DeathSoliloquyMourning DeathAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDeath Will Soon HappenNear The Time PersonallyPeople BlessingHating IndividualsNamed People Angry With Others

Esau selected his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; Verse ConceptsGrandchildren

Hadad also died. The chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

These were the names of the sheiks (chiefs) of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth, Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob. Verse ConceptsGrudgesJealousyReconciliation, Between BelieversRegretRivalrySeasons, Of LifeSpiteAlienation, Examples OfNearness Of DeathSoliloquyMourning DeathAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDeath Will Soon HappenNear The Time PersonallyPeople BlessingHating IndividualsNamed People Angry With Others

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. These two women brought a lot of grief to his parents, Isaac and Rebekah.

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob. Verse ConceptsGrudgesJealousyReconciliation, Between BelieversRegretRivalrySeasons, Of LifeSpiteAlienation, Examples OfNearness Of DeathSoliloquyMourning DeathAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDeath Will Soon HappenNear The Time PersonallyPeople BlessingHating IndividualsNamed People Angry With Others

When Esau was forty he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. Verse ConceptsPolygamyNamed Sisters

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal! Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his father's blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.

One day while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from hunting. He was hungry. He said to Jacob: I am starving! Give me some of that red stuff. (That is why he was named Edom.) Jacob answered: I will give it to you if you give me your birthright as the firstborn son. read more.
Esau said: All right! I am about to die. What good are rights as firstborn to me? Jacob answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright.

Esau said: This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the firstborn son. Now he has taken my blessing. Have you saved a blessing for me? Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfDoing Things TwicePeople Naming PeopleGraspingPeople BlessingStoring Other Things

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy Peoplepossessions

Rebekah said to her son Jacob: I have just heard your father speak to your brother Esau. He said: 'Bring me some wild game, and prepare a good-tasting meal for me to eat. Then I will bless you in the presence of Jehovah before I die.' Now listen to me, Son, and do what I tell you. read more.
Go to the flock and pick out two fat young goats. I will cook them and make some of that food your father likes so much. You take it to him to eat. Then he will give you his blessing before he dies. Jacob said to his mother: You know that Esau is a hairy man. I have smooth skin. Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him. That way, I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing. His mother replied: Let any curse against you fall on me, my son. Just do as I say, and go and get the goats for me.

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal! Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his father's blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.


He said to Jacob: I am starving! Give me some of that red stuff. (That is why he was named Edom.) Jacob answered: I will give it to you if you give me your birthright as the firstborn son. Esau said: All right! I am about to die. What good are rights as firstborn to me? read more.
Jacob answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright.

Jacob answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. Esau did not care about his birthright.