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- Birth ofGen 25:19–261Ch 1:34
- Called EdomGen 36:1Gen 36:8
- A hunterGen 25:27Gen 25:28
- Beloved by IsaacGen 25:27Gen 25:28
- Sells his birthright for a single mealGen 25:29–34Mal 1:2Rom 9:13Heb 12:16
- Marries a Hittite womanGen 26:34
- His marriage to, a grief to Isaac and RebekahGen 26:35
- Polygamy ofGen 26:34Gen 28:9Gen 36:2Gen 36:3
- Is defrauded of his father's blessing by JacobGen 27Heb 11:20
- Meets Jacob on the return of the latter from HaranGen 33:1
- With Jacob, buries his fatherGen 35:29
- Descendants ofGen 36
- Hostility of descendants of, toward the descendants of JacobOba 1:10–14
- Ancestor of EdomitesJer 49:8
- Mount of Edom, called MOUNT OF ESAUOba 1:8Oba 1:9Oba 1:18–21
- His name used to denote his descendants and their countryDeu 2:5Jer 49:8Jer 49:10Oba 1:6
- Prophecies concerningOba 1:18
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