(noun.) (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage.

杰奎琳编辑

• It was what the old dying patriarch demanded of his son Esau, promising in requital the blessing of his last breath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I was Esau, and Andros Jacob, the favored one. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• And he was the noblest and the manliest, save Esau. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Oh, it was a kind of Esau and Jacob business. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Did I consume the venison at once and with haste, as if Esau's shaft flew every day? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

校对:诺琳