Editing Esau (section)

===Birth===
[[Toledot|Genesis 25]]:25 narrates Esau's birth, "Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau."<ref name="Bibleref|Genesis|25:25|NASB"/> The meaning of the word ''esau'' itself is not entirely certain.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0006_0_06072.html|title=Esau|encyclopedia=Jewish Virtual Library|access-date=28 August 2015}}</ref> Others have noted the similarity to {{langx|ar|عثا|ʿaṯā|hirsute}}.<ref name = "Bartlett, 26">{{cite journal |last=Bartlett |first=J.R.|date= 4 October 1977|title=The Brotherhood of Edom |journal=Journal for the Study of the Old Testament |volume=2|issue=4|page=26 |doi=10.1177/030908927700200401|s2cid=170383632}}</ref> The name ''Edom''  ({{langx|he|אדום|ʾəḏom|link=no}}) is also attributed to Esau, meaning "red";<ref name = "Harper, 40"/> the same color is used to describe the color of his hair. Genesis parallels his redness to the "red lentil [[pottage]]" that he sold his [[Jacob and Esau#Birthright|birthright]] for.<ref>{{Bibleref|Genesis|25:30|JPS}}</ref><ref name = "Easton, 236" /> Esau became the progenitor of the [[Edom]]ites in [[Mount Seir]].