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There are many recorded details of Esau. He was the first born twin son of Isacc and Rebeka, with Jacob following second
holding on to the heel of Esau.
Esau first gave up his birthright verbally. With his mouth he spoke the words releasing it to his brother Jacob in exchange for food to eat.
Secondly, Esau did not receive the blessing he expected from his father, but instead it was pronounced over Jacob.
So the birthright came under a cloud of ambiguity when Esau first sold it for the morsel of meat.
Then it was confirmed as being Jacob's when Isacc pronounced the blessing on Jacob
My purpose is more to generalize on the lesson we can learn from his experience.
What was the sin of Esau?
What should we learn from his great mistake.
What can we learn from his great mistake?
How can we be advantaged by learning to avoid his kind of mistake?
Consequence of being like Esau is to regret what you let go so easily. Somethings can never be regained.
A life-time of remorse can be avoided. Hebrews 12:17
Esau was too lazy to get up and fix his own food on that one occassion. He said he was faint.
How often do you fail to do something because it is uncomfortable for you to expend the effort or you have
something more convenient, more comfortable to do, something easier, an excuse to put it off till another time?
Expanding on that and generalizing, he was a sluggard who wouldn't do what was necessary when it was uncomfortable for him to do it.
You have to be willing to put yourself out if you want good success in life.
You must be willing to get out of your comfort zone.
You must lift the feeble knees and make straight paths for your feet when the going gets hard.
Esau's story is one big example that encompasses all the sins of omission, sluggardness, slothful, weak, fearful,
unbelieving, failure to pay the price to get the job done that needs being done.
People make all kinds of excuses to justify their not getting up to pay the price for what they want and value.
Do not let it happen to you. Be diligent to call on God for help and strength to do what you should do.
He will help and comfort and strengthen you.
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What did Esau lose?
Who was Esau?
Why did he lose?
Why is this important for us to understand.
Priorities of Everyday Living
Like a temple is not complete without all its parts,
and perhaps one part is no more important than any other,
yet there are a number of things which must be present for the temple to be complete.
So there are a basic group of things a person needs to know. Knowing them, they all work together
for help in making choices of life.
Like the 360 points on a compass. You at least need enough of them to form a circle, a wheel,
a balanced pattern into which other things can fit or be measured.
The more of those points you have, the smoother your wheel will roll. Only having the four points
of a square makes for a bumpy ride through life. You need sufficient points of knowlege to form a smooth wheel.
The square fits inside a circle. It is less, incomplete when compared to a circle. It is a part.
The circle is most complete. Being at the same time both a representation of an infinitely small dot
and also of an infinitely large encompassing circle of any number of things in your life. Thus it contains
the tiny minutia as well as the sum total of all.
Esau lost what he wanted dearly because he failed to pay the price.
For a brief moment he was willing to trade his inheritance for a bite of food, instead of getting up
and fixing it himself.
What he lost can be compared to what people you know have lost. If not their birthright, then a loved one,
a sweetheart, a college degree, or maybe their health,...it could be anything. Don't limit the understanding to just
some one particular thing. It can be anything important. It can be lost for any number of reasons that mostly fall
within the list of common failures and sins. Lazy. Too lazy to pay the price to get up and fix it himself.
To lazy to pay the price whatever it was. Momentarily not esteeming the prize enough to keep it against all odds.
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Esau became the father of the Edomites in mount Seir. Gen 36:9
Scriptures with the name Esau
1. Gen 25:25
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
2. Gen 25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
3. Gen 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
4. Gen 25:29
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
5. Gen 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
6. Gen 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
7. Gen 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.
8. Gen 26:34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
9. Gen 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.
10. Gen 27:5
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].
10. Gen 27:5
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].
11. Gen 27:6
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
12. Gen 27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:
13. Gen 27:15
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
14. Gen 27:19
And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
15. Gen 27:21
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.
16. Gen 27:22
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
17. Gen 27:24
And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].
18. Gen 27:30
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
19. Gen 27:32
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
19. Gen 27:32
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
20. Gen 27:34
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father.
21. Gen 27:37
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
22. Gen 27:38
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
23. Gen 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
24. Gen 27:42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.
25. Gen 28:6
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
26. Gen 28:8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
27. Gen 28:9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
28. Gen 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
28. Gen 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
29. Gen 32:4
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
30. Gen 32:6
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
31. Gen 32:8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
32. Gen 32:11
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
33. Gen 32:13
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
34. Gen 32:17
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
35. Gen 32:18
Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob's; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.
36. Gen 32:19
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
37. Gen 33:1
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
37. Gen 33:1
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
38. Gen 33:4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
39. Gen 33:9
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
40. Gen 33:15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the folk that [are] with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
41. Gen 33:16
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
42. Gen 35:1
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
43. Gen 35:29
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
44. Gen 36:1
Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.
45. Gen 36:2
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
46. Gen 36:4
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
46. Gen 36:4
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
47. Gen 36:5
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
48. Gen 36:6
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
49. Gen 36:8
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.
50. Gen 36:9
And these [are] the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
51. Gen 36:10
These [are] the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
52. Gen 36:14
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
53. Gen 36:15
These [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
54. Gen 36:19
These [are] the sons of Esau, who [is] Edom, and these [are] their dukes.
55. Gen 36:40
And these [are] the names of the dukes [that came] of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
55. Gen 36:40
And these [are] the names of the dukes [that came] of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
56. Gen 36:43
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau the father of the Edomites.
57. Deu 2:4
And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
58. Deu 2:5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.
59. Deu 2:8
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
60. Deu 2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
61. Deu 2:22
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
62. Deu 2:29
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
63. Jos 24:4
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
64. 1Ch 1:34
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
64. 1Ch 1:34
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
65. 1Ch 1:35
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
66. Jer 49:8
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time [that] I will visit him.
67. Jer 49:10
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he [is] not.
68. Oba 1:6
How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought up!
69. Oba 1:8
Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
70. Oba 1:9
And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
71. Oba 1:18
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken [it].
72. Oba 1:19
And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.
73. Oba 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.
73. Oba 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.
74. Mal 1:2
I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,
75. Mal 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
76. Rom 9:13
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
77. Heb 11:20
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
78. Heb 12:16
Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
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