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Abraham and Esau
How Abraham and Esau are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abraham was an ancestor of Esau.
Esau was Abraham's grandson through Isaac. Seeing that Canaanite wives displeased his father, he took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, from Abraham's other line.
Abraham begat Isaac
Genesis 25:19, King James Version
his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them
Genesis 25:26, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 28:8-9
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 25:19
19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
Genesis 25:26
26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Genesis 28:8-9
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9Then 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.
King James Version