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Esau is the ancestor of the [[Edom]]ites, a [[Shem|Semitic]] people that resided mainly in Aravah and the [[Negev|Negev]] Desert.  The Bible records that he had 5 sons (I Chronicles 1:35) and traces his descendants for three generations (I Chronicles 1:36-37).  While the Israelites never forgot their kinship with the Edomites, they were often at odds.  The Edomites were eventually lost to history sometime after the time of [[Jesus]], whereas the children of Jacob (renamed Israel) still trace their roots back to their great forefather today.  

Esau is the ancestor of the [[Edom]]ites, a [[Shem|Semitic]] people that resided mainly in Aravah and the [[Negev|Negev]] Desert.  The Bible records that he had 5 sons (I Chronicles 1:35) and traces his descendants for three generations (I Chronicles 1:36-37).  While the Israelites never forgot their kinship with the Edomites, they were often at odds.  The Edomites were eventually lost to history sometime after the time of [[Jesus]], whereas the children of Jacob (renamed Israel) still trace their roots back to their great forefather today.  

[[Category:Biblical Persons]]

[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]