Nave’s Topical Bible
Esau
26 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
Older of the twin sons born to Isaac and Rebekah
- Birth of
- Called Edom
- A hunter
- Beloved by Isaac
- Sells his birthright for a single meal
- Marries a Hittite woman
- His marriage to, a grief to Isaac and Rebekah
- Polygamy of
- Is defrauded of his father's blessing by Jacob
- Meets Jacob on the return of the latter from Haran
- With Jacob, buries his father
- Descendants of
- Hostility of descendants of, toward the descendants of Jacob
- Ancestor of Edomites
- Mount of Edom, called MOUNT OF ESAU
- His name used to denote his descendants and their country
- Prophecies concerning
Bible verses about “Esau”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 25:19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
- Genesis 25:20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
- Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 25:22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.
- Genesis 25:23And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- Genesis 25:24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- Genesis 25:25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- Genesis 25:26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
- 1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
- Genesis 36:1Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
- Genesis 36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
- Genesis 25:27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
- Genesis 25:28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Genesis 25:29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
- Genesis 25:30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
- Genesis 25:31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
- Genesis 25:32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
- Genesis 25:33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
- Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,
- Romans 9:13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
- Hebrews 12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
- Genesis 26:34And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
- Genesis 26:35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
- Genesis 28:9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
- Genesis 36:2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
- Genesis 36:3And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
- Hebrews 11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
- Genesis 33:1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
- Genesis 35:29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Obadiah 1:10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
- Obadiah 1:11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
- Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
- Obadiah 1:13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
- Obadiah 1:14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
- Jeremiah 49:8Flee 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.
- Obadiah 1:8Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
- Obadiah 1:9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
- Obadiah 1:18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.
- Obadiah 1:19And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.