Esau
['i:sɔ:]
解釋/意思:
(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.
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例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 維萊特.
- I was Esau, and Andros Jacob, the favored one. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- And he was the noblest and the manliest, save Esau. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Oh, it was a kind of Esau and Jacob business. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Did I consume the venison at once and with haste, as if Esau's shaft flew every day? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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