<P> According to the Hebrew Bible, Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder twin brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites . Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah . Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel . Isaac was sixty years old when the boys were born . </P> <P> Esau, a "man of the field," became a hunter who had "rough" qualities that distinguished him from his twin brother . Among these distinguishing qualities were his red hair and noticeable hairiness . Jacob was a shy or simple man, depending on the translation of the Hebrew word "Tam" (which also means "relatively perfect man"). Throughout Genesis, Esau is frequently shown as being supplanted by his younger twin Jacob (Israel). </P> <P> Genesis 25: 25 narrates Esau's birth, "Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau ." The meaning of the word "Esau" is disputed . It could be related to the Arabic root ġšw, meaning "to cover ." Others have noted the similarity to Arabic' a'tay meaning "hirsute". In Hebrew, the word "hairy" (Heb: se'ir) is a wordplay on Seir, the region in which he settled after being 40 years of age . The name Edom is also attributed to Esau, meaning "red" (Heb: ` admoni); the same color describing Esau's skin tone . Genesis parallels his redness to the "red lentil pottage" that he sold his birthright for . Esau became the progenitor of the Edomites in Seir . </P> <P> In Genesis, Esau returned to his twin brother Jacob, famished from the fields . He begs Jacob to give him some "red pottage" (a play on his nickname, Hebrew: אדום ‎ ‎ ` Edom, meaning "red".) This, of course, refers to his red hair . Jacob offers Esau a bowl of lentil stew in exchange for Esau's birthright (Hebrew: בְּכֹרָה ‎ ‎ bəḵōrāh, the right to be recognized as firstborn son with authority over the family), and Esau agrees . Thus Jacob acquires Esau's birthright . This is believed to be the origin of the English phrase "for a mess of pottage". </P>

Meaning of the name esau in the bible
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