Esav

The firstborn of the twins born to Isaac and Rebekah, red and hairy at birth, from which he was named Esau (Genesis 25:24-26). He sold his birthright to Jacob for a meal (Genesis 25:29-34) and later sought his father’s word after Jacob obtained the blessing (Genesis 27:30-40). Genesis states that Esau is Edom, the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir (Genesis 36:1,8-9). The text records that he and Jacob together buried Isaac (Genesis 35:29) but does not give the year of his death; his birth year is derived from Isaac’s age of sixty (Genesis 25:26).

Traditional biblical chronology (Masoretic text) — estimated

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