Esau: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Edom
Notable Family Members	mother Rebekah • brother Jacob

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Painting by Peter Paul Rubens showing Jacob and Esau meeting and embracing, surrounded by animals, women, and attendants, with a dramatic sky and trees in the background.

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József Molnár: The March of Abraham

Abraham

Hebrew patriarch

Moses and the Ten Commandments

Moses

Hebrew prophet

Jacob

Jacob

Hebrew patriarch

Rebekah and Eliezer at the Well

Rebekah

biblical figure

The Construction of the Tower of Babel

Nimrod

biblical figure

Joseph, his many-colored coat, and his jealous brothers

Joseph

biblical figure

Jonah and the Whale

Jonah

biblical figure

Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.

Samson

biblical figure

David slays Goliath

Goliath

biblical figure

Amos

Amos

Hebrew prophet

Benjamin West: Hagar and Ishmael

Ishmael

son of Abraham

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Elijah

Hebrew prophet

Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.

Joshua

Hebrew leader

Jacob Returning to Canaan with Rachael and Leah Pursued by Laban

Leah

biblical figure

Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.

Isaac

Hebrew patriarch

The prophet Isaiah

Isaiah

Hebrew prophet

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Dinah

biblical figure

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Zephaniah

Hebrew prophet

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Zechariah

Hebrew prophet

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Saint Joachim

father of Virgin Mary