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esau
/ˈisɔ/
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What does esau mean?
proper noun
- The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
- A surname.
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proper noun
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
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And after that he was King of Idumea after King Esau, and when he was king he was clept Jobab.
Immediately Satan would come and liberate the deer, and when Esau returned to the spot, his victim was not to be found.
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I saw Esau kissing Kate, the fact we all three saw, I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.
Attention is called to the fact that Esau is represented as a "hairy" man, rough-voiced and easily beguiled, while Jacob, on the other hand, is smooth-faced, soft-voiced, and the favorite of his mother.
This abnormal presence of hair on the human body has been known for many years; the description of Esau in the Bible is an early instance.