Génesis 25:25

25 El primero en nacer era pelirrojo, y tenía todo el cuerpo cubierto de vello. A este lo llamaron Esaú.^[a]

Génesis 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.

Génesis 25:25 In-Context

23 y él le contestó:«Dos naciones hay en tu seno;dos pueblos se dividen desde tus entrañas.Uno será más fuerte que el otro,y el mayor servirá al menor».

24 Cuando le llegó el momento de dar a luz, resultó que en su seno había mellizos.

25 El primero en nacer era pelirrojo, y tenía todo el cuerpo cubierto de vello. A este lo llamaron Esaú.

26 Luego nació su hermano, agarrado con una mano del talón de Esaú. A este lo llamaron Jacob. Cuando nacieron los mellizos, Isaac tenía sesenta años.

27 Los niños crecieron. Esaú era un hombre de campo y se convirtió en un excelente cazador, mientras que Jacob era un hombre tranquilo que prefería quedarse en el campamento.

Footnotes

• [a] En hebreo, "Esaú " puede significar "velludo" ; véase también v. 30.