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    person · also Edom

    Esau

    עֵשָׂוἨσαῦ

    Esau, also called Edom, was Isaac's firstborn son who sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob and became the father of the Edomites.

    IllustrationGenesis 35Esau and Jacob have jointly buried Isaac, their father.
    verses
    84
    first named
    Genesis 25:25
    last named
    Hebrews 12:17
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Edom

    Description

    Who was Esau?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Esau, also known as Edom, was the firstborn son of Isaac and Rebekah and the twin brother of Israel (or 'Jacob') (Gen.25.25-26). He was a skillful hunter and his father's favorite son (Gen.25.27-28). Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of stew when he was famished (Gen.25.29-34). He married two Hittite women, causing grief to his parents (Gen.26.34-35). Esau lost his father's blessing to Jacob through deception (Genesis 27). He held a grudge against Jacob but later reconciled with him (Genesis 32-33). Esau settled in the hill country of Seir, which became known as Edom (Gen.36.8-9). He had five sons and became the father of the Edomites (Gen.36.1-43). The Edomites were later considered enemies of Israel (Num.20.14-21; 1Sa.14.47; 2Sa.8.13-14). God's love for Jacob and His rejection of Esau is used as an example of His sovereignty (Mal.1.2-3; Rom.9.13).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Esau10 of 30 entities the graph connects to Esau, in 3 groups: kinship 4, company 1, events 5. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.IsraelChild of · Sibling of · 33 events · 2,578 versesIsaacChild of · 17 events · 123 versesRebekahChild of · 3 events · 30 versesEliphazFather of · 8 versesKinshipIsaac’s blessing of Esau and IsraelTook part in · 2 events · 11 versesCompanyLORD3 events · 1,004 versesCanaan3 events · 146 versesBlessing2 events · 139 versesEdom2 events · 100 versesSeir4 events · 24 versesEventsEsau

    The 10 best-attested of 30 are drawn. All 30 are listed below.

    Child of

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 20 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Esau happensAll 3 places the claims about Esau reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Seir, Canaan, Edom. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Esau there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.SeirCanaanEdom
    the PatriarchsAll 3 places the claims about Esau reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 84, across 9 books. The name is written 103 times in them.

    1. Genesis64 verses

      25:2525:2625:2725:2825:2925:3025:3225:3426:3427:127:527:627:1127:1527:1927:2127:2227:2327:2427:3027:3227:3427:3727:3827:4127:4228:528:628:828:932:332:432:632:832:1132:1332:1732:1832:1933:133:433:933:1533:1635:135:2936:136:236:436:536:636:836:936:1036:1236:1336:1436:1536:1736:1836:1936:2136:4036:43

    2. Deuteronomy6 verses

      2:42:52:82:122:222:29

    3. Joshua1 verse

      24:4

    4. 1 Chronicles4 verses

      1:341:351:511:54

    5. Jeremiah2 verses

      49:849:10

    6. Obadiah2 verses

      1:61:18

    7. Malachi2 verses

      1:21:3

    8. Romans1 verse

      9:13

    9. Hebrews2 verses

      11:2012:16

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Esau’s bringing of Tasty Dish and Esau’s bringing of GameBringingBringing is a concept gathering 447 labelled instances in the text.via Esau’s birth and Oholibamah’s birthBirthBirth is a concept gathering 84 labelled instances in the text.via Esau’s wife taking of Adah and Oholibamah and Oholibamah’s birthCanaanAncient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendantsvia JudithBeeriA Hittite, father of Esau's wife Judith.via Israel’s flight and IsraelLORD’s appearance of IsraelLORD’s appearance of Israel is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Esau Chiefs and EliphazTimnaConcubine of Eliphaz; mother of Amalekvia Esau and Hunter’s hunting of GameHuntingHunting is a concept gathering 5 labelled instances in the text.via Esau’s saleSaleSale is a concept gathering 35 labelled instances in the text.via Israel’s sending of MessageSendingSending is a concept gathering 488 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    3 more chapters, from Obadiah 1 to Hebrews 12

    Sources

    What this rests on