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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I recalled this poem on 12/3/12 after reading Bekhor Shor’s explanation of Esau’s appearance even while emerging from the womb. Gen 25:25 ...

Esau was a boy drawn to the outdoors and the action — someone we might describe today as hyperactive. According to R. Hirsch, ...

Study for the painting, 'Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau,' by Peter Paul Rubens, 1624. (Wikipedia) Toledot and Educating with Love.