And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Ver. 25. And the first came out red.] Red and rough, cruel and crafty, as that red old dragon Rev 12:3 who inhabited in him, and both acted and agitated him. Eph 2:2 Ab ascensore suo daemone perurgebatur, saith Bernard. And so are those Romish Edomites, Esauites, Jesuites, &c.

And they called his name Esau.] Factus et perrictus pilis, a bearded man, one that had everything more like a man than a babe; a manly child.

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