Timeline of Humanity

A hairy son who likes to hunt

Esau is the oldest son of Isaac and Rebekah according to the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament in the Christian Bible. Esau is the son-in-law of Ishmael. Esau has a twin brother named Jacob. Esau's body and traits are very different from those of his twin brother, Jacob. The Esau people have shaggy skin and love to hunt. In fact, Jacob had clean skin and preferred to stay at home, like cooking with his mother, hunting like Esau. In the timeline of humanity, subsequent tribes and peoples have been absorbed into other ethnic entities.

Birth (-1836)

The births of Esau and Jacob

Isaac, Esau's biological father, was 40 years old when he took Rebekah, the son of Bethuel, an Aramaic from Padan-Aram, Laban's sister, to become his wife. Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered her prayer, so that Rebekah, his wife, became pregnant. But her children turned backward in her womb and she said, "If so, why am I alive?" And he went to ask the LORD for directions.

Youth (1816)

Jacob and Esau

Esau and his twin brother, Jacob, were very different in character. Esau became a clever hunter, a man of the fields, but Jacob was a quiet man, who liked to live in tents. Besides that, their parents also had a different love for them. Isaac loved Esau, because he liked to eat game meat, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Selling his birth right (-1808)

Esau selling his birthright

As the firstborn, Esau had the birthright, but Esau exchanged the birthright for a dish that Jacob had made because he was tricked by him. One time Jacob was cooking something, so Esau came tired from the field. Esau asked Jacob to give him the red soup he made. However, Jacob asked Esau to sell first his birthright and swore to him first. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him. Then Jacob gave Esau the bread and the red bean dish. He ate and drank, then got up and left. Thus Esau took the birthright lightl3

Deceived by Jacob (-1759)

Jacob steals Esau's blessing

One day something happened that made Esau very angry with his brother Jacob. The time had come for Isaac to bless his eldest son. Because Esau was older than Jacob, he expected that blessing. But before that, Esau had sold his right to that blessing to Jacob. And during this event, Esau and Isaac were also deceived by Jacob. Besides, when the two children were born, God said that it was Jacob who would receive the blessing. And this is what happened. Isaac gave that blessing to his son Jacob.