Esau
firstborn son of Isaac (GEN 25:25-26)
Personmale86 verses
Names
- Esau — עֵשָֽׂו esau “hairy” (H6215) · Ησαυ Ēsau (G2269) — Genesis 25:25
- Edom — אֱדֽוֹם edəom “red” · Εδωμ Edōm — Genesis 25:30
Family
- father of Eliphaz (son of Esau)
- father of Reuel (son of Esau) (inferred)
- father of Jeush (son of Esau and chief of Edom) (inferred)
- father of Jalam (inferred)
- father of Korah (son of Esau and chief of Edom) (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Husham (inferred)
- ancestor of Samlah (inferred)
- ancestor of Shaul (King of Edom, successor to Samlah, from…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Timna (chief of Edom) (inferred)
- ancestor of Alvah (inferred)
- ancestor of Jetheth (inferred)
- ancestor of Oholibamah (inferred)
- ancestor of Elah (chief of Edom) (inferred)
- ancestor of Pinon (inferred)
- ancestor of Mibzar (inferred)
- ancestor of Magdiel (inferred)
- ancestor of Iram (inferred)
- ancestor of King of Edom (Moses sent messengers to him) (inferred)
Marriage
- husband of Judith (inferred)
- husband of Basemath (daughter of Elon the Hittite, and wife of Esau) (inferred)
- husband of Mahalath (daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth, and…) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Esau — 2,170 AH · 1,836 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 25:26
- Esau married Judith and Basemath — 2,210 AH · 1,796 BC (Ussher) · aged 40 — Genesis 26:34
- Esau married Mahalath — 2,247 AH · 1,760 BC (Ussher) · aged 77 — Genesis 28:9
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Mount Seir 1 — 11 shared verses
- Edom — 9 shared verses
- Canaan — 6 shared verses
- Paddan-aram — 2 shared verses
- Ar — 1 shared verse
- Arabah — 1 shared verse
- Babylon 1 — 1 shared verse
- Bethel 1 — 1 shared verse
- Dedan — 1 shared verse
- Egypt — 1 shared verse
- Elath — 1 shared verse
- Ezion-geber — 1 shared verse
and 3 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
Topical references
- Birth of — Genesis 25:19; 1 Chronicles 1:34
- Called Edom — Genesis 36:1; Genesis 36:8
- A hunter — Genesis 25:27; Genesis 25:28
- Beloved by Isaac — Genesis 25:27; Genesis 25:28
- Sells his birthright for a single meal — Genesis 25:29; Malachi 1:2; Romans 9:13; Hebrews 12:16
- Marries a Hittite woman — Genesis 26:34
- His marriage to, a grief to Isaac and Rebekah — Genesis 26:35
- Polygamy of — Genesis 26:34; Genesis 28:9; Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:3
- Is defrauded of his father's blessing by Jacob — Genesis 27; Hebrews 11:20
- Meets Jacob on the return of the latter from Haran — Genesis 33:1
- With Jacob, buries his father — Genesis 35:29
- Descendants of — Genesis 36
- Hostility of descendants of, toward the descendants of Jacob — Obadiah 1:10
- Ancestor of Edomites — Jeremiah 49:8
- Mount of Edom, called MOUNT OF ESAU — Obadiah 1:8; Obadiah 1:9; Obadiah 1:18
- His name used to denote his descendants and their country — Deuteronomy 2:5; Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 49:10; Obadiah 1:6
- Prophecies concerning — Obadiah 1:18
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.