Esau was Isaac’s firstborn. He was the rightful heir to the special blessing given the oldest son. But the special blessing wasn’t special enough to Esau; he traded it away for a bowl of stew.
Esau was a man of this world. Spiritual things apparently meant little to him. After the death of his father Isaac, he returned to Edom and became the father of a great nation, but sadly, a nation that seemingly followed in the footsteps of their patriarch, steps that led away from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
