Genesis 25:25
New International Version
The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.

New Living Translation
The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.

English Standard Version
The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.

Berean Standard Bible
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

King James Bible
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

New King James Version
And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.

New American Standard Bible
Now the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

NASB 1995
Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

NASB 1977
Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

Amplified Bible
The first came out reddish all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau (hairy).

Christian Standard Bible
The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.

American Standard Version
And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And one went out first, red and all ringlets of hair, and he called his name Esau.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.

Contemporary English Version
the first baby was covered with red hair, so he was named Esau.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand, and therefore he was called Jacob.

English Revised Version
And the first came forth red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The first one born was red. His whole body was covered with hair, so they named him Esau [Hairy].

Good News Translation
The first one was reddish, and his skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau.

International Standard Version
The first son came out reddish—his entire body was covered with hair—so they named him Esau.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.

Literal Standard Version
and the first comes out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

Majority Standard Bible
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

New American Bible
The first to emerge was reddish, and his whole body was like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau.

NET Bible
The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.

New Revised Standard Version
The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau.

New Heart English Bible
The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the first was born red, all over like a hairy garment: and they called his name Esau.

World English Bible
The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.

Young's Literal Translation
and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jacob and Esau
24When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. 25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau. 26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.…

Cross References
Genesis 25:24
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." "Here I am," Esau replied.

Genesis 27:11
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Joshua 24:4
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

1 Chronicles 1:34
Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Esau.

Genesis 27:11,16,23
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: …

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Genesis 25
1. The sons of Abraham by Keturah.
5. The division of his goods.
7. His age, death, and burial.
11. God blesses Isaac.
12. The generations of Ishmael.
17. His age and death.
19. Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.
22. The children strive in her womb.
24. The birth of Esau and Jacob.
27. Their different characters and pursuits.
29. Esau sells his birthright.














(25) Red.--Heb., admoni, a secondary reason for the name Edom. (See Genesis 25:30,)

All over like an hairy garment.--Heb., all of him--that is, completely--like a garment of hair: words rendered "a rough garment" in Zechariah 13:4, where it is used of the jacket of sheepskin worn by the prophets. It appears, therefore, that Esau's body was entirely covered with red down, which developed in time into hair as coarse as that of a kid (Genesis 27:16), and betokened a strong and vigorous, but sensual nature.

Esau.--The Jewish commentators form this name from the verb to make, and render it well-made; but the usual explanation is hairy, from a word now extant only in Arabic.

Verse 25. - And the first came out red, - Adhoni, πυῥῤάκης (LXX.), rufus (Vulgate), red-haired (Gesenius), of a reddish color (Lange), containing an allusion to Adham, the red earth - all over like an hairy garment. Literally, all of him as a cloak of hair (not, as the LXX., Vulgate, et alii, all of him hairy, like a cloak); the fur cloak, or hair mantle, forming one notion (Gesenius). The appearance of the child's body, covered with an unusual quantity of red hair, was "a sign of excessive sensual vigor and wildness" (Keil), "a foreboding of the animal violence of his character" (Kalisch), "the indication of a passionate and precocious nature" (Murphy). And they called his name Esau - "the hairy one," from an unused root signifying to be covered with hair (Gesenius).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The first
הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ (hā·ri·šō·wn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank

one came out
וַיֵּצֵ֤א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

red,
אַדְמוֹנִ֔י (’aḏ·mō·w·nî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 132: Red, ruddy

covered with hair
שֵׂעָ֑ר (śê·‘ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8181: Hair

like a fur coat;
כְּאַדֶּ֣רֶת (kə·’ad·de·reṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 155: Something ample

so they named
וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ (way·yiq·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

him Esau.
עֵשָֽׂו׃ (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac


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