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like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. Afterward his brother came forth
with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was
sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

Esau must have been an incredible sight to behold. Nearly all babies come forth with
very smooth skin, lacking any abundance of hair. Yet of Esau we are told that his entire
body was covered as with a hairy garment. We have a further description of the hairiness
of Esau in Scripture. When Jacob was encouraged by his mother to deceive Isaac and
thereby receive the blessing of the firstborn, Jacob knew that, although his father was
nearly blind, he might feel of his skin and be able to tell that he was not Esau.

Genesis 27:11-16
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and
I am a smooth man. Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his
sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing...." Then Rebekah took
the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put
them on Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the young goats on his
hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Esau’s hair was so thick that it was akin to the hair of a young goat. Even on his hands
and on his neck he was covered with thick, coarse hair. There appears to be some
symbolism here, for in the gospels we read of Yahshua comparing the righteous and the
wicked, and He depicts the wicked as goats. Goats are certainly very bestial creatures. There
is nothing that stinks quite as bad as a billy goat, and they are also known for their great
sexual appetite, hence the expression “randy as a billy goat.” Throughout history man has
associated goats with excessive appetites of a low and base nature, and they are known to
eat virtually anything without discrimination. Therefore we see Pan, the part man and part
goat god of revelry, being attended by sensuous women and an abundance of wine. Further
confirming this same type of spirit being present in Esau, we read of his wives and how
displeasing they were to his parents.

Genesis 26:34-35
When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite,
and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and they brought grief to Isaac and
Rebekah.

So displeasing were these wives of Esau that Rebekah spoke the following:

Genesis 27:46
Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob
takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land,
what good will my life be to me?"

It is evident that Esau did not choose his wives wisely. He did not look at their
character, but must have chosen them for their external beauty. In one instance after
another Esau demonstrated that he was a slave to his natural appetites. Nowhere is his
bondage to the flesh more apparent than when he sold his birthright for a bowl of stew. This