Abraham's grandson

The answer

ESAU

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESAU answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• JACOB (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ESAU

Every other clue in this collection answered by ESAU, most used first.

• Jacob's twin - used 444 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical twin - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
• Jacob's brother - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
• Genesis twin - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Son of Isaac - used 106 times, most recently in 2024
• Isaac's eldest - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Birthright barterer - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical birthright seller - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
• Birthright seller - used 55 times, most recently in 2015
• Son of Rebekah - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical brother - used 39 times, most recently in 2019
• Old Testament twin - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Grandson of Abraham - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Jacob's biblical twin - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Genesis brother - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Twin in Genesis - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Brother of Jacob - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• A son of Isaac - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Biblical twin of Jacob - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Genesis name - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Isaac's firstborn - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Isaac's son - used 17 times, most recently in 2003
• Biblical hunter. - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Jacob's twin, in the Bible - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical birthright barterer - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Jacob's twin brother - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Twin of Jacob - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Jacob's Old Testament twin - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncle of Joseph - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Genesis hunter - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Jacob tricked him - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Name meaning "hairy" - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Twin brother of Jacob - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Biblical name. - used 10 times, most recently in 1969
• He sold his birthright - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Isaac's eldest son - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Jacob's sibling - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Isaac's elder son - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Twin to Jacob - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Bible twin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical brother of Jacob - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical name meaning "hairy" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Hairy man" of Genesis - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Hairy one of Genesis - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Seesaw sitter of rhyme - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Seesaw sitter of verse - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Son of Isaac and Rebekah - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical twin who sold his birthright - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "I saw ___ sawing wood..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• One of Isaac's twins - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Birthright seller in Genesis - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Genesis man - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Isaac's older son - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Rebekah's firstborn - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Rebekah's son - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Grandson of Adam - ENOS, used 153 times
• Adam's grandson - ENOS, used 120 times
• Grandson of Eve - ENOS, used 104 times
• Eve's grandson - ENOS, used 76 times
• Grandson of Adam and Eve - ENOS, used 62 times
• Genesis grandson - ENOS, used 30 times

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