Esau — Isaac's Legacy

Book of Jubilees 36:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

and her two sons, Esau and Jacob, buried her in the double cave near Sarah, their father's mother.

And in the sixth year of this week Isaac called his two sons, Esau and Jacob, and they came to him, and he said unto them: "My sons, I am going the way of my fathers, to the eternal house where my fathers are.

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