Explore Esau through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like son or boy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Esau in a sentence
Esau meaning
- The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname.
Using Esau
- The main meaning on this page is: The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob. | A male given name from Hebrew. | A surname.
- Useful related words include: son, boy.
- In the example corpus, esau often appears in combinations such as: esau and, that esau, of esau.
Context around Esau
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Esau
- In this selection, "esau" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, although, pottage, lord, sold, agreed and pierce stand out and add context to how "esau" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although esau sold jacob and and bless esau. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "esau" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with esau
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Why Did Isaac Love Esau? (5 words)
Jacob later tricked Esau out of the birthright. (8 words)
The delivery room staff went into a frenzy, trying to resuscitate baby Esau. (13 words)
Former Flames forward Esau ‘Black Mamba’ Kanyenda has distanced himself from Polokwane City striker Khuda Muyaba’s claims that he is behind the player’s lack of game time and the club’s failure to pay him his signing-on fee. (41 words)
In their appeal, Esau and Hatuikulipi are claiming that Kesslau erred in judgement when he denied them bail on grounds it would not be in the interest of the public or administration of justice. (34 words)
Isaac then requested that Esau make "savory meat" for him out of the venison, according to the way he enjoyed it the most, so that he could eat it and bless Esau. (32 words)
Why Did Isaac Love Esau? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although Esau sold Jacob his own birthright, which was his blessing, for "red pottage", Esau still hated Jacob for receiving his blessing that their father Isaac unknowingly had given to him.
As Jacob kissed his father, Isaac smelled the clothes which belonged to Esau and finally accepted that the person in front of him was Esau.
At this point in the biblical narrative, two genealogies of Esau's family appear under the headings "the generations of Esau".
He engaged in earnest prayer to God, then sent on before him a tribute of flocks and herds to Esau, "a present to my lord Esau from thy servant Jacob".
Isaac then requested that Esau make "savory meat" for him out of the venison, according to the way he enjoyed it the most, so that he could eat it and bless Esau.
Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright (the right to be recognized as firstborn) and Esau agreed.
Jacob sends his whole family and multiple wives of gifts to Esau as they approach each other in hopes that Esau will spare Jacob's life.
And, you know, Berry has a very earthy quality to him, and it's something that Esau has as well.
Forrest Goodluck will play Billy Crow, Barry Pepper plays Esau Pierce, and Lauren E. Banks appears as Jennie Reeves, Bass' wife.
The blessings of Rebecca, Isaac, and God aside, Jacob fears that Esau still resents him and will fulfill his intention to kill him on sight, announced 20 years earlier.
The delivery room staff went into a frenzy, trying to resuscitate baby Esau.
The publicist further added that other two passengers, Esau Moyo and Samuel Kaperemera sustained a fractured right arm and minor injuries respectively.
Why Did Isaac Love Esau?
Former Flames forward Esau ‘Black Mamba’ Kanyenda has distanced himself from Polokwane City striker Khuda Muyaba’s claims that he is behind the player’s lack of game time and the club’s failure to pay him his signing-on fee.
Galindo also had “more than one hundred photos” of child pornography on his cell phone, according to Sgt. Esau Rincon of the Cameron County Constable Pct.
In their appeal, Esau and Hatuikulipi are claiming that Kesslau erred in judgement when he denied them bail on grounds it would not be in the interest of the public or administration of justice.
In this week’s Torah reading, Parashat Toledot, Jacob dupes his blind father when he poses as Esau, the firstborn, in stealing the patriarch’s blessing.
Jacob later tricked Esau out of the birthright.
Jenkins would always pick up children along the way and take us to church," recalls Gerald Mackey, a retired educator and a passenger on Esau's bus line.
Lawyer Richard Metcalfe, who is representing Esau, has blasted the authorities for not acting against De Klerk.
Common combinations with esau
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- esau and 7×
- that esau 6×
- of esau 4×
- and esau 4×
- as esau 4×
- esau was 4×
- to esau 3×
- esau still 2×
- esau has 2×
- esau who 2×