SECONDLY  Esau himself, became very bitter against his younger twin brother, Israel. 

He had lost his birthright when he gave it up to Jacob for bread and a pottage of lentiles. 

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?  And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.     GEN 25:30 

He had lost his blessing as the elder son of Isaac. It was taken from him by subterfuge and by God's allowance because he unfaithfully disregarded the authority of God Himself.

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife 

• Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and 

• Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.  And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.  And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;  And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.  And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. 

And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.  And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.  Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.  Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:  And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.  

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:  My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.  And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.  

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her  in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:  And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:  

And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.  And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?  And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.  

And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.  And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.  And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.  And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.  And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.  And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.  And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, 

Here the deceit reaches its height, Abraham believing that it is Esau who has provided the savoury meat and the bread, gives his blessing to Jacob saying:

See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:  Therefore

• God give thee of the dew of heaven, 

• and the fatness of the earth, 

• and plenty of corn and wine: 

• Let people serve thee, 

• and nations bow down to thee: 

• be lord over thy brethren, 

• and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: 

• cursed be every one that curseth thee, 

• and blessed be he that blesseth thee.  

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.  

The plot is discovered and Esau is distraught

And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.  

And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.  And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.  

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.  And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.  

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? 

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. 

And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, 

Isaac then gives what blessing he can to Esau

Esau became a great nation by marrying the daughters of Canaan, the Hittite and the Hivitite women, and the daughter of Ishmael

GEN 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;  And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.  

• And Adah bare to Esau........................Eliphaz; 

• and Bashemath bare........................... Reuel;  

• And Aholibamah bare.......................... Jeush,  and Jaalam, and Korah: 

these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.  And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. 

Moving away from Jacob, Esau came to dwell in Mount Seir, the home of The Nephilim.

With this well defined list, we might think that this would be all that was needed to define those that dwelt in the Land of Edom, i.e. Mount Seir. Not so!  The Scripture continues to put before us those that dwelt with the Dukes of Esau, the sons of Seir the Horite. These are those who were descended from Cain by his sons, The Nephilim. These two generations are of the same mind, to utterly resist the plans and purposes of God.

GEN 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; 

Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,  And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: 

these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 

• And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 

• And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam

• And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 

• And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 

• And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 

• The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 

• The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 

These are the dukes that came of the Horites; 

• duke Lotan, 

• uke Shobal, 

• duke Zibeon,

• duke Anah, 

• duke Dishon, 

• duke Ezer, 

• duke Dishan: 

these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.  

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 

• And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And Bela died, 

• and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, 

• and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.  And Husham died, 

• and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.  And Hadad died, 

• and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.  And Samlah died, 

• and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.  And Saul died, 

• and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, 

• and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 

And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; 

• duke Timnah, 

• duke Alvah, 

• duke Jetheth, 

• Duke Aholibamah, 

• duke Elah, 

• duke Pinon, 

• Duke Kenaz, 

• duke Teman, 

• duke Mibzar, 

• Duke Magdiel, 

• duke Iram: 

these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

To summarise:

Therefore in conclusion, we can recognise the Spiritual meaning of the actions of Moses and his opponents The Magi, before Pharaoh King of Egypt.  After The Last Days, the tribe of Israel will overcome the opposition of those tribes which are determined on his downfall. The Scriptures confirm this action throughout the words of the prophets such as

The vision of Obadiah. 

Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, Arise ye, and let us rise up against Edom in battle.

OBA 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts[Hb: CHAGAV.....refuge] of the rock[Hebrew: SELA], whose habitation is high[Hb: MAROWM.......altitude, an elevated place]; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the earth[Hb:ERETS......the earth at large]?

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set [Hb: SUWM......put] thy nest [Hb: KANE......a fixed nest] among the stars [Hb: KOWKAB........a rolling, thus:planets], from thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.  If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

OBA 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.............For the Day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head..............And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.