Isaac appreciated Esau’s ability to hunt and dominate the beasts, the trait needed to dominate bestial peoples. Could Yaakov do the same?

Indeed, Esau’s willingness to trade something eternal for something fleeting remains intact even after he is nourished. He is ...

Jacob spotted him first. From the kitchen window, he saw Esau stumble slightly on the path. His gait was slower than usual, ...

No Jew is too far. No Jew is “just another Esau.” Every Jew who stands before the world looking like Esau is still, ...

who wrote this in less time than Esau needed to build Rome. Gen. 32:16, listing the gifts that Jacob offered Esau when returning to the land of Israel from Mesopotamia, where he had established a ...

Eisav certainly ranks as one of the worst personalities presented to us in the entire Bible. And yet, here we see that he did ...

"In the story of Esau, one can hear the heart-wrenching cry of a young man who has lost his rightful place in his family." ...

Jacob spent 20 years beyond the borders of Israel in the home of a deceitful father-in-law and later confronted tensions within his own family – conflicts that ultimately led him into exile in Egypt.