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Gen 25:25 — And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Esau		The word Esau has been generally considered to imply made, formed, or perfected; or perfect, robust, etc. But it appears to be a dialectical variation of the Arabic atha, to be covered with hair; whence athai, hairy, as no doubt the word Esau imports, in allusion to the circumstance of his being covered with red hair or down at his birth. Gen 27:11,16,23

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Esau

	Gen 27:11	And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:
	Gen 27:16	And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
	Gen 27:23	And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 25:25," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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