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Noun

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(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

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Esau

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noun
Bible
son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright (Genesis 25)

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Esau

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the son of Isaac and Rebecca, who sold his birthright to his younger twin brother, Jacob: Gen. 25:21-34, 27

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Esau

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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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