Chuàngshìjì 25:25

25 Xiān chǎn de shēntǐ fā hóng , húnshēn yǒu maó , rútóng pí yī , tāmen jiù gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Yǐsǎo ( Yǐsǎo jiù shì yǒu maó de yìsi ) .

Chuàngshìjì 25:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:25

And the first came out red
Either his body, or rather the hair it was covered with, red; which was a sign, as Jarchi observes, that he would be a shedder of blood, fierce and cruel as were he and his posterity: all over like an hairy garment;
his body was all over full of hair, which stood as thick as a garment made of hair, and was a sign of the roughness of his disposition, as well as of the strength of his body: and they called his name Esau;
his parents, and those present at his birth, all that saw him thus covered with hair; for he had his name not from the colour of his body or hair; for the word does not signify "red", but comes from a word which signifies "to make", he being a "maker": that made his way out before his brother, or an active man as afterwards, or because of his hair was "made" or born more like a man than a child; and so the Targum adds,

``because he was wholly perfect, with the hair of his head and beard, and with his teeth and grinders:''

but chiefly because of his hairiness, for Esau in the Arabic language signifies "covered" ^F6, as he was with hair: some say, a word in that language signifies a hairy garment made of camel's hair ^F7.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 <arabic> "texit", "operuit", Castel. col. 2930.
F7 Vid. Stockium. p. 923.

Chuàngshìjì 25:25 In-Context

23 Yēhéhuá duì tā shuō , liǎng guó zaì nǐ fù neì . liǎng zú yào cóng nǐ shēnshang chūlai . zhè zú bì qiáng yú nà zú . jiānglái dà de yào fúshì xiǎo de .

24 Shēngchǎn de rìzi dào le , fù zhōng guǒrán shì shuāng zǐ .

25 Xiān chǎn de shēntǐ fā hóng , húnshēn yǒu maó , rútóng pí yī , tāmen jiù gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Yǐsǎo ( Yǐsǎo jiù shì yǒu maó de yìsi ) .

26 Suíhòu yòu shēng le Yǐsǎo de xiōngdi , shǒu zhuāzhù Yǐsǎo de jiǎogēn , yīncǐ gĕi tā qǐmíng jiào Yǎgè ( Yǎgè jiù shì zhuāzhù de yìsi ) . Lìbǎijiā shēng xià liǎng gè érzi de shíhou , Yǐsā nián zhèng liù shí suì .

27 Liǎng gè háizi jiànjiàn zhǎngdà , Yǐsǎo shàn yú dǎ liè , cháng zaì tiānyĕ . Yǎgè wéirén ānjìng , cháng zhù zaì zhàngpéng lǐ .