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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca who sold his birthright to his twin brother, Jacob, for a mess of pottage.
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- proper noun biblical The son of
Isaac andRebekah and the oldertwin brother ofJacob .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
Etymologies
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Examples
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The principal can say with the pastor, "My brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a smooth man."
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The principal can say with the pastor, "My brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a smooth man."
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Liberal England: My brother Esau is an hairy man. comment-link {margin-left:. 6em;}
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him,
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Chapter 27 1. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
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Chapter 27 1. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Genesis 27. 1999
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 1.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision
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Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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