Grandson of Abraham

The answer

ESAU

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

Used 31 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 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 (4 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
• Old Testament twin - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Jacob's biblical twin - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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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