Editing Esau (section)

== Rabbinic Jewish sources ==
The [[Targum Pseudo-Jonathan]] connects the name Esau to the Hebrew ''asah'', stating, "because he was born fully completed, with hair of the head, beard, teeth, and molars."<ref name="Anderson, 35">{{Cite book | last = Anderson | first = Bradford A. | title = Brotherhood and Inheritance: A Canonical Reading of the Esau and Edom Traditions | publisher = T&T Clark International | date = 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=766oAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 | isbn = 9780567368256 | page = 35 }}</ref> Other traditional sources connect the word with  {{langx|he|שָׁוְא|šāwʾ|worthless|link=no}}.<ref>Anderson, Bradford A. (2011). ''Brotherhood and Inheritance: A Canonical Reading of the Esau and Edom Traditions.'' T&T Clark International. p. 35. {{ISBN|9780567368256}}.</ref>

Jewish commentaries have a negative view of Esau because of his rivalry with Jacob and likewise viewed the apparent reconciliation between the brothers described in Genesis 32–33 as insincere on Esau's part. The [[midrash]] says that during Rebecca's pregnancy, whenever she would pass a house of [[Torah]] study, Jacob would struggle to come out; whenever she would pass a house of [[idolatry]], Esau would agitate to come out.<ref>[[Genesis Rabba|Bereshit Rabbah]] 63:6.</ref>

He is considered to be a rebellious son who kept a double life until he was fifteen when he sold his birthright to Jacob. According to the Talmud, the sale of the birthright took place immediately after Abraham died.<ref>[[Bava Batra]] 16b.</ref> The Talmudic dating would give both Esau and Jacob an age of fifteen at the time. The lentils Jacob was cooking were meant for his father Isaac because lentils are the traditional mourner's meal for Jews. On that day before returning, in a rage over the death of Abraham, Esau committed five sins; he raped a betrothed young woman, he committed murder ([[Nimrod]]), he denied God, he denied the resurrection of the dead, and he spurned his birthright.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bava Batra 16b:13 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Batra.16b.13?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en}}</ref>

[[Haman]]'s lineage is given in the [[Targum Sheni]] as follows: "Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, son of Srach, son of Buza, son of Iphlotas, son of Dyosef, son of Dyosim, son of Prome, son of Ma'dei, son of Bla'akan, son of Intimros, son of Haridom, son of Sh'gar, son of Nigar, son of Farmashta, son of Vayezatha, (son of Agag, son of Sumkei,) son of [[Amalek]], son of the concubine of [[Eliphaz]], firstborn son of Esau".

According to Rashi, Isaac, when blessing Jacob in Esau's place, smelled the heavenly scent of Gan Eden (Paradise) when Jacob entered his room and, in contrast, perceived [[Gehenna]] opening beneath Esau when the latter entered the room, showing him that he had been deceived all along by Esau's show of piety.<ref>''Pirkei d'Rav Kahana'', quoted in Scherman, p. 139.</ref>

In Jewish folklore, the Roman emperor [[Titus]] was a descendant of Esau.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/953573/jewish/Tituss-Death.htm Titus death Chabad.org]</ref>

===Death===
According to the [[Babylonian Talmud]], Esau was killed by [[Hushim]], son of [[Dan (son of Jacob)|Dan]], son of [[Jacob]], because Esau obstructed the burial of Jacob into the [[cave of Machpelah]]. When Jacob was brought to be buried in the cave, Esau prevented the burial, claiming he had the right to be buried in the cave; after some negotiation [[Naphtali]] was sent to Egypt to retrieve the document stating Esau sold his part in the cave to Jacob. Hushim (who was hard of hearing) did not understand what was going on, and why his grandfather was not being buried, so he asked for an explanation; after being given one he became angry and said: "Is my grandfather to lie there in contempt until Naphtali returns from the land of Egypt?" He then took a club and killed Esau, and Esau's head rolled into the cave.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org.il/Sotah.13a.7?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en Sotah 13a]</ref> This means that the head of Esau is also buried in the cave.

Jewish sources state that Esau sold his right to be buried in the cave. According to [[Shemot Rabbah]], Jacob gave all his possessions to acquire a tomb in the [[Cave of the Patriarchs]]. He put a large pile of gold and silver before Esau and asked, "My brother, do you prefer your portion of this cave, or all this gold and silver?"<ref>[[Shemot Rabbah]] 31:17</ref> Esau's selling to Jacob his right to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs is also recorded in ''Sefer HaYashar''.<ref>[[Sefer haYashar (midrash)|''Sefer Hayashar'']] Chapter 27 p. 77b</ref>