The Coveted Garments Esau Took From Nimrod

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 27:15

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"The desirable garments of Esau her elder son" (Genesis 27:15). Some say these were the garments of Adam the first man, and they came into the hand of Nimrod; and he [Esau] coveted them, and killed him, and took the garment from him. "Which were with her in the house" (Genesis 27:15) — now did he not have wives with whom he could have deposited them? Rather, he placed them in his father's house, in order to serve his father while wearing them.

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PatriarchsJacobEnvyJealousyHumor

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