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ID: 901000500
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000500
Record Type: Character/Person

Esau (Old Testament character)

Note: In the Old Testament (Genesis 25:19–34; 27; 28:6–9; 32:3–21; 33:1–16; 36), son of Isaac and Rebekah, elder twin brother of Jacob, and in Hebrew tradition the ancestor of the Edomites

Names:
Esau (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Edom (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
ʻEśaṿ (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
עשיו (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Esau (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
child of .... Isaac
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Isaac (Old Testament character)) [901000952]
child of .... Rebekah
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Rebekah (Old Testament character)) [901000955]
sibling of .... Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000501]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Esau (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I162(Esau)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 85106280
Edom (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
ʻEśaṿ (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
עשיו (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Esau," accessed 30 June 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I162(Esau)

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