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ESAU

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Ησαυ (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: EE-saw (English)  [key]

From the Hebrew name עֵשָׂו ('Esaw) which possibly meant "hairy". In the Old Testament Esau was the elder of the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca. He sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a bowl of stew. Esau was the ancestor of the Edomites.


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