Genesis
36 – The Family of Esau
The
family of Esau settled in Edom which later became Esau’s name. It is southeast of the Dead Sea. It is a mountainous area, and the capital of
Edom, the rock-hewn city of Petra is still there today. Esau was an attractive young man, but he was
a man of the flesh. He had married two
Canaanite women and an Ishmaelite woman.
Esau had become about one hundred thousand Edomites. It was a nation filled with pride. God said to Edom, “the pride of thy heart has
deceived thee…..thence I will bring thee down, saith the Lord.” Obadiah 1:3-4. The pride of their heart was a declaration of
independence, a soul that says it can live without God and does not have a need
for God. That is Esau.
Esau
left the promised land on his own due to economic circumstances. The beginning of nobility began in the family
of Esau. Pride reigns. If you belonged
to the family of Esau, you would have needed a title, because that was the type
of people they were. The people of Esau
had kings long before the people of Israel.
It was not until later, that Israel demanded Samuel to give them a king
like the other nations. Genesis 36 ends
with a listing of the dukes in their land, which is Edom. “He is the father of the Edomites.”
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Vernon McGee commentary, Nelson Commentary,
NKJ version.
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