Esau
Esau stands for the mere man of the earth. (Hebrews 12:16); (Hebrews 12:17). In many respects a nobler man, naturally, than Jacob, he was destitute of faith, and despised the birthright because it was a spiritual thing, of value only as there was faith to apprehend it.
Verse Genesis 25:25. _RED, ALL OVER LIKE A HAIRY GARMENT_] This simply means that he was covered all over with red hair or down; and that this must be intended here is sufficiently evident from anoth...
- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן _padān_, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי _‛__êśâv_, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב _ya‛ăqôb_, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the hee...
IX. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC CHAPTER 25:19-34 Esau and Jacob _ 1. Rebekah barren and the answered prayer (Genesis 25:19)_ 2. The birth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:23) 3. The growth of the boys ...
THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU. JACOB TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ESAU TO SECURE HIS BIRTHRIGHT. At this point we pass to the story of Jacob. In the present section Genesis 25:19 f., Genesis 25:26_ b_ belong to P...
_red_ R.V. marg. _ruddy_. The adjective refers to the skin rather than to the hair, as in the case of David (1 Samuel 16:12). The Heb. for "red," _admoni_, is intended as a play on the word "Edom," as...
RED ALL OVER LIKE AN HAIRY GARMENT— With his head and body covered all over with a red hair, or down, like an _hairy_ garment; whence he was called _Esau,_ or _hairy,_ by his parents. _Jacob_ taking h...
PART THIRTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ISAAC; THE TWINS AND THE BIRTHRIGHT (Genesis 25:19-34) _1. Introduction_ Having concluded the account of all that needed to be known about Ishmael and his progeny, th...
_AND THE FIRST CAME OUT RED, ALL OVER LIKE AN HAIRY GARMENT; AND THEY CALLED HIS NAME ESAU._ And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment - х_ 'ADMOWNIY_ (H132), ruddy, red-haired; Sept...
25:25 Esau. (b-19) Covered with hair....
ESAU] meaning uncertain. Some render 'hairy.'...
THE SONS OF ABRAHAM BY KETURAH. DEATH AND BURIAL OF ABRAHAM. DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL. BIRTH AND YOUTH OF ESAU AND JACOB 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his seconda...
‘He was red.’ This probably means that his hair was red. He had hair on all his body. The name ‘Esau’ is not the same as the *Hebrew word for ‘hairy’. So we do not know why they called him Esau....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 25 ABRAHAM DIES V1 Abraham married another wife, who was called Keturah. V2 She became the mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and S...
RED. — Heb., admoni_,_ a secondary reason for the name Edom. (See Genesis 25:30,) ALL OVER LIKE AN HAIRY GARMENT. — Heb., _all of_ him — that is, completely — _like a garment of hair:_ words rendered...
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
וַ יֵּצֵ֤א הָ רִאשֹׁון֙ אַדְמֹונִ֔י כֻּלֹּ֖ו...
ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Proverbs 7:22...
JACOB AND ESAU, TWIN BROTHERS Genesis 25:19 In the thought of that age, the birthright carried with it the spiritual leadership of the tribe. To be the priest of the family, to stand between the Most...
The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the wo...
THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU After nineteen years of marriage, Isaac and Rebekah still had no children. Isaac prayed God would allow Rebekah to conceive. As John T. Willis observed, we may assume havin...
Red. Hence he was called Edom, as well as from the red pottage, ver. 30. (Haydock) --- Hairy like a skin. On which account Rebecca afterwards clothed Jacob's hands and neck with the skins of kids, to...
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: an...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
We have next the election of God which now sets apart the earthly people, Jacob. It is remarkable how little we have of Isaac, nothing but his remaining in heavenly places, I mean of course in the fig...
AND THE FIRST CAME OUT RED,.... Either his body, or rather the hair it was covered with, red; which was a sign, as Jarchi observes, that he would be a shedder of blood, fierce and cruel as were he and...
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...
_Red, like a hairy garment_ With red hair all over his body, as if he had been already a grown man, whence he had his name, _Esau, made_, reared already. This was an indication of a very strong consti...
1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death. 9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah being barr...
and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan, and Naphtali; And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. So Esau was the first of the twins to be born,...
THE TWO SONS, ESAU AND JACOB...
Jacob at Edar and Hebron...
SECOND SECTION _Jacob and Esau_ GENESIS 25:19-34 19And these _are_ the generations [genealogies] of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to...
OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he would b...
19-26 Isaac seems not to have been much tried, but to have spent his days in quietness. Jacob and Esau were prayed for; their parents, after being long childless, obtained them by prayer. The fulfilm...
RED; with red hair upon all the parts of his body. From him the Red Sea is supposed to receive its name, it being so called, as the heathen writers tell us, from one who reigned in those parts, and wa...
In the opening of this chapter, Abraham's second marriage is set before us, an event not without its interest to the spiritual mind, when viewed in connection with what we have been considering in the...
Genesis 25:25 first H7223 out H3318 (H8799) red H132 hairy H8181 garment H155 called H7121 (H8799) name...
Genesis 25:19 A “This is the family history of Isaac, Abraham” s son.' On the death of Ishmael Isaac becomes the eldest son of Abraham and accordingly takes responsibility for the family records and...
Genesis 25 _(with Hebrews 12:16)_ The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They flame amids...
CONTENTS: Abraham weds Keturah. Isaac becomes Abraham's heir. Death of Abraham. Generations of Ishmael and Isaac. Birth of Esau and Jacob and the sale of the birthright. CHARACTERS: Abraham, Keturah,...
Genesis 25:1. _Keturah_ is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his _Bibliotheca Biblia,_ printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham after...
_Twins_ BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB I. THEIR MARKED INDIVIDUALITY. II. HOW HEREBY IS POINTED OUT THEIR FUTURE DESTINY. III. HOW THEIR CHARACTERS, SO EARLY DEVELOPED, AFFECTED THE PREFERENCES OF THEIR...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:25. Esau.] Signifies _hairy._ Some understand the word to be derived from a verb meaning done, or finished, and therefore describing one who was prematurely developed.— GE...
§ 9. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-1). EXPOSITION GENESIS 25:19 AND THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC, ABRAHAM'S SON. The usual formula for the opening of a new section (cf....
Then in chapter twenty-five we find that Abraham [after Sarah's death] took another wife, her name was Keturah. [The name means, "mother of us all".] And she bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian,...
Esau. Genesis 27:11 Genesis 27:16 Genesis 27:23...
Esau when he was born was red and hairy, as if he had been already a grown man, whence he had his name Esau, made, reared already. This was an indication of a very strong constitution, and gave cause...