Genesis 22:17

17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring ^aas the stars of heaven and ^bas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess ^cthe gate of his ▼

▼Or their

enemies,

Genesis 25:24-34

24When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25The first came out red, ^eall his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26Afterward his brother came out with ^fhis hand holding Esau’s heel, so ^ghis name was called Jacob. ▼

▼ Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27When the boys grew up, Esau was ⁱa skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, ^jdwelling in tents. 28Isaac loved Esau because ^khe ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

29Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. ▼

▼ Edom sounds like the Hebrew for  red

) 31Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and ^msold his birthright to Jacob. 34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 27:35-41

35But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36Esau said, ⁿ“Is he not rightly named Jacob? ▼

▼ Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

For he has cheated me these two times. ^pHe took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, ^qI have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and ^rwith grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And ^sEsau lifted up his voice and wept.

39Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, ^taway from ▼

▼Or  Behold, of

the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
and away from ▼

▼Or  and of

the dew of heaven on high.
40By your sword you shall live,
and you ^wshall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
^xyou shall break his yoke from your neck.”
41Now Esau ^yhated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, ^z“The days of mourning for my father are approaching; ^aathen I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 32:3-7

3And Jacob sent ▼

▼Or had sent

messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of ^acSeir, the country of Edom, 4instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now. 5I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that ^adI may find favor in your sight.’”

6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and ^aehe is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” 7Then Jacob was ^afgreatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps,

Numbers 20:14-21

Edom Refuses Passage

14 ^agMoses sent messengers from Kadesh to ^ahthe king of Edom: “Thus says ^aiyour brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met: 15 ^ajhow our fathers went down to Egypt, ^akand we lived in Egypt a long time. ^alAnd the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers. 16And ^amwhen we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and ^ansent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. 17 ^aoPlease let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, ^apor drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.” 18But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.” 19And the people of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, ^aqand if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, ^arthen I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.” 20But he said, ^as“You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force. 21Thus Edom ^atrefused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel ^auturned away from him.

Deuteronomy 23:7

7“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for ^avhe is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because ^awyou were a sojourner in his land.

1 Chronicles 1:35

35 ^axThe sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.