"Hairy man" of Genesis

The answer

ESAU

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Abraham's grandson - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• 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 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.

• Genesis garden - EDEN, used 213 times
• Elevator man - OTIS, used 123 times
• "The Thin Man" dog - ASTA, used 105 times
• Genesis victim - ABEL, used 102 times
• ___ of Man - ISLE, used 82 times
• Leading man? - ADAM, used 80 times

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