Isaac loved Esau because he simply did not know who or what Esau was. But there is another possible answer: that Isaac loved Esau precisely because he did know what Esau was.

Parshat Vayishlach concludes with a list of Esau’s descendants. It is remarkable that the Torah dedicates 43 verses to enumerate Esau’s genealogy, more than the number of verses in the story ...

Esau scorned the firstborn rights because they had little financial value, as Isaac had lost the family fortune. The Ibn Ezra continues to prove that in fact Isaac did, in fact, lose the family ...

Twin Archetypes: Jacob and Esau. ... vice versa,” the essence of his message has often been interpreted to symbolize the fluctuating fortunes of Jacob and Esau’s descendants.

If Esau is not an enemy of Jacob, Jacob has no dominion over him. ... Rashi interprets “when you shall break loose” to mean when Jacob’s descendants violate the Torah.

Isaac’s descendants will be numerous, will inherit the land, and will be the source of blessing for all nations (Gen 26:4). Then God gives the reason for these promises (Gen 26:5). It is because ...

The verse alludes to two future princes, descendants of Jacob and Esau, Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi, the compiler of the Mishna, and the Roman Caesar Antoninus, emperor from 138-161 CE.