Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Esau’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Esau’ occurs 68 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 25:25 He who departed first was red, and entirely hairy like a pelt; and his name was called Esau. At once the other departed and he held his brother’s foot in his hand; and because of this he was called Jacob.Genesis 25:25
Genesis 25:27 And as adults, Esau became a knowledgeable hunter and a man of agriculture, but Jacob, a simple man, dwelt in tents.Genesis 25:27
Genesis 25:28 Isaac was fond of Esau, because he was fed from his hunting; and Rebekah loved Jacob.Genesis 25:28
Genesis 25:29 Then Jacob boiled a small meal. Esau, when he had arrived weary from the field,Genesis 25:29
Genesis 25:33 Jacob said, “So then, swear to me.” Esau swore to him, and he sold his right of the firstborn.Genesis 25:33
Genesis 26:34 In truth, at forty years of age, Esau took wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.Genesis 26:34
Genesis 27:1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were cloudy, and so he was not able to see. And he called his elder son Esau, and he said to him, “My son?” And he responded, “Here I am.”Genesis 27:1
Genesis 27:6 she said to her son Jacob: “I heard your father speaking with your brother Esau, and saying to him,Genesis 27:6
Genesis 27:11 He answered her: “You know that my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am smooth.Genesis 27:11
Genesis 27:15 And she clothed him with the very fine garments of Esau, which she had at home with her.Genesis 27:15
Genesis 27:19 And Jacob said: “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you instructed me. Arise; sit and eat from my hunting, so that your soul may bless me.”Genesis 27:19
Genesis 27:21 And Isaac said, “Come here, so that I may touch you, my son, and may prove whether you are my son Esau, or not.”Genesis 27:21
Genesis 27:22 He approached his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: “The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau.”Genesis 27:22
Genesis 27:30 Scarcely had Isaac completed his words, and Jacob departed, when Esau arrived.Genesis 27:30
Genesis 27:32 And Isaac said to him, “But who are you?” And he answered, “I am your firstborn son, Esau.”Genesis 27:32
Genesis 27:38 And Esau said to him: “Have you only one blessing, father? I beg you, bless me also.” And when he wept with a loud wail,Genesis 27:38
Genesis 27:41 Therefore, Esau always hated Jacob, for the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And he said in his heart, “The days will arrive for the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.”Genesis 27:41
Genesis 27:42 These things were reported to Rebekah. And sending and calling for her son Jacob, she said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is threatening to kill you.Genesis 27:42
Genesis 28:6 But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’Genesis 28:6
Genesis 32:3 Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.Genesis 32:3
Genesis 32:4 And he instructed them, saying: “You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: ‘Your brother Jacob says these things: “I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day.Genesis 32:4
Genesis 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.”Genesis 32:6
Genesis 32:8 saying: “If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved.”Genesis 32:8
Genesis 32:11 Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.Genesis 32:11
Genesis 32:13 And when he had slept there that night, he separated, from the things that he had, gifts for his brother Esau:Genesis 32:13
Genesis 32:17 And he instructed the first, saying: “If you happen to meet my brother Esau, and he questions you: “Whose are you?” or, “Where are you going?” or, “Whose are these which follow you?”Genesis 32:17
Genesis 32:18 you shall respond: “Your servant Jacob’s. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us.”Genesis 32:18
Genesis 32:19 Similarly, he gave orders to the second, and the third, and to all who followed the flocks, saying: “Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.Genesis 32:19
Genesis 33:1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.Genesis 33:1
Genesis 33:4 And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.Genesis 33:4
Genesis 33:8 And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”Genesis 33:8
Genesis 33:16 And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.Genesis 33:16
Genesis 35:1 About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”Genesis 35:1
Genesis 35:29 And being consumed by old age, he died. And he was placed with his people, being old and full of days. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.Genesis 35:29
Genesis 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.Genesis 36:1
Genesis 36:5 Oholibamah conceived Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.Genesis 36:5
Genesis 36:6 Then Esau took his wives, and sons, and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his substance, and cattle, and whatever he was able to obtain in the land of Canaan, and he went into another region, withdrawing from his brother Jacob.Genesis 36:6
Genesis 36:8 And Esau lived at mount Seir: he is Edom.Genesis 36:8
Genesis 36:9 So these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, at mount Seir,Genesis 36:9
Genesis 36:10 and these are the names of his sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah, the wife of Esau, likewise Reuel, the son of Basemath, his wife.Genesis 36:10
Genesis 36:12 Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. And she bore him Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:12
Genesis 36:13 And the sons of Reuel were Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:13
Genesis 36:14 Likewise, these were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him: Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.Genesis 36:14
Genesis 36:15 These were leaders of the sons of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: leader Teman, leader Omar, leader Zepho, leader Kenez,Genesis 36:15
Genesis 36:17 Likewise, these are the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau: leader Nahath, leader Zerah, leader Shammah, leader Mizzah. And these were the leaders of Reuel, in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:17
Genesis 36:18 Now these are the sons of Oholibamah, the wife of Esau: leader Jeush, leader Jalam, leader Korah. These were the leaders of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the wife of Esau.Genesis 36:18
Genesis 36:19 These are the sons of Esau, and these were their leaders: this is Edom.Genesis 36:19
Genesis 36:40 Therefore, these were the names of the leaders of Esau, by their families, and places, and in their vocabulary: leader Timna, leader Alvah, leader Jetheth,Genesis 36:40
Genesis 36:43 leader Magdiel, leader Iram. These were the leaders of Edom living in the land of their rule: this is Esau, the father of Idumea.Genesis 36:43
Number of the word / term Esau in Genesis: 49
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2:4 And instruct the people, saying: You shall cross through the borders of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, and they will fear you.Deuteronomy 2:4
Deuteronomy 2:5 Therefore, take care diligently, lest you be moved against them. For I will not give to you from their land even as much as the step that one foot can tread upon, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.Deuteronomy 2:5
Deuteronomy 2:8 And when we had passed through our brothers, the sons of Esau, who were living at Seir by the way of the plain from Elath and from Eziongeber, we arrived at the way which leads to the desert of Moab.Deuteronomy 2:8
Deuteronomy 2:12 The Horites also formerly lived at Seir. When these had been driven out and destroyed, the sons of Esau lived there, just as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave to him.Deuteronomy 2:12
Deuteronomy 2:22 just as he had done for the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, wiping out the Horites and delivering their land to them, which they possess even to the present time.Deuteronomy 2:22
Deuteronomy 2:29 just as the sons of Esau have done, who live at Seir, and the Moabites, who abide in Ar, until we arrive at the Jordan, and we cross to the land which the Lord our God will give to us.’Deuteronomy 2:29
Number of the word / term Esau in Deuteronomy: 6
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 24:4 and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.Joshua 24:4
Number of the word / term Esau in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 1:34 Now Abraham conceived Isaac, whose sons were Esau and Israel.1 Chronicles 1:34
1 Chronicles 1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.1 Chronicles 1:35
Number of the word / term Esau in 1 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 49:8 Flee and turn your backs! Descend into the chasm, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I have brought the perdition of Esau over him, the time of his visitation.Jeremiah 49:8
Jeremiah 49:10 Yet truly, I have stripped Esau bare. I have revealed his secrets, and he is not able to be concealed. His offspring has been devastated, with his brothers and his neighbors, and he himself will not exist.Jeremiah 49:10
Number of the word / term Esau in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Obadiah
Obadiah 1:9 And your strong from the Meridian will be afraid, so that man may perish from the mount of Esau.Obadiah 1:9
Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble. And they will be set on fire among them, and they will devour them. And there will be no remnant of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken.Obadiah 1:18
Obadiah 1:19 And those who are towards the South, and who are in the camps of the Philistines, will inherit the mount of Esau. And they will possess the region of Ephraim, and the region of Samaria. And Benjamin will possess Gilead.Obadiah 1:19
Obadiah 1:21 And the saviors will ascend to mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau. And the kingdom will be for the Lord.Obadiah 1:21
Number of the word / term Esau in Obadiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, says the Lord, and you have said, “In what way have you loved us?” Was not Esau brother to Jacob, says the Lord? And have I not loved Jacob,Malachi 1:2
Number of the word / term Esau in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Romans
Romans 9:13 So also it was written: “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.”Romans 9:13
Number of the word / term Esau in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Esau’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 11:20 By faith, also, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning future events.Hebrews 11:20
Hebrews 12:16 lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright.Hebrews 12:16
Number of the word / term ‘Esau’ in Hebrews: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 68
