Esau, Cain, and Manasseh and the Charge of a Trumped-Up Claim

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 115:20

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(Genesis 27:35-36) "Is he not rightly named Jacob (Yaakov)?" This teaches that Esau cleared his throat and brought out the venom of his words. Three came with a trumped-up grievance: Cain, Esau, and Manasseh. Cain, as it is written (Genesis 4:13), "My iniquity is too great to bear." Esau, as it is written (below, verse 38), "Have you but one blessing, my father?" Manasseh: at first he called upon many gods, and in the end upon the God of his fathers.

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PatriarchsRepentanceDivine Justice

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