Associations to the word «Esau»

Wiktionary

ESAU, proper noun. The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.

Dictionary definition

ESAU, noun. (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats