UEsawu

UEsawu  ngunyana omkhulu kaIsake kwiBhayibhile yesiHebhere . Ukhankanywe kwiNcwadi yeGenesis  kunye nabaprofeti u-Obhadiya  noMalaki .  ITestamente Entsha yamaKristu ibhekisela kuye kwiNcwadi eya kumaRoma  nakwincwadi eya kumaHebhere.

Ngokutsho kweBhayibhile yesiHebhere, uEsawu ngunozala wamaEdom nomkhuluwa kaYakobi, usolusapho wamaSirayeli. Metzger & Coogan (1993).  UYakobi noEsawu babengoonyana bakaIsake noRebheka kunye nabazukulwana baka- Abraham noSara . Kula mawele, uEsawu waba ngowokuqala ukuzalwa kunye noYakobi elandela, ebambe isithende sakhe. UIsake ubeminyaka imashumi mathandathu ezelwe, ukuzalwa kwaloo makhwenkwe.