esau

Noun
  1. (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac;
    He traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage (synset 110981079)
    referred to in: old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
    is an instance of: boy, son - a male human offspring

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