Esau是什么意思？

Esau

英[ˈi:sɔ:] 美[ˈisɔ]

• n. （圣经）以扫；

例句

• Esau was a farmer and hunter who knew every inch of the country. 颐索是农人,也是猎户,对乡下各地都了如指掌.
• Dave and Esau and Doris led me into the parlor. 戴夫、颐索和桃丽丝把我接进客厅.
• Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage. 以扫为了一碗红豆汤儿把长子的财产继承权卖给了雅各.
• And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 34亚伯拉罕生以撒; 以撒的儿子是以扫和以色列.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage