In his first term, Donald Trump shepherded four Arab states into the Abraham Accords. These deals saw these states recognize ...

In our ASL translation, Jacob, who was hairless and smooth-skinned, has a name sign that can be back-translated literally to English as “smooth arm skin,” whereas his twin, Esau, who was notoriously ...

Whereas Isaac mistakenly preferred Esau and Jacob preferred Joseph ... (Scholars and many rabbis contend that there is no prohibition in the Bible against having sex with a prostitute.) ...

The first took place when he had the vision of the ladder to heaven, and the second happened when he was on his way to meet Esau. It is interesting that both of these supernatural encounters took ...

As you consider your Bible study plans for the year ahead, explore more than 20 reading plans that can help you meditate on the Scriptures often. Each plan offers a distinct reading structure to fit ...

Then, he pleads before God: “Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him lest he come and strike me, mother, and children” (Genesis 32:12).

In our Torah portion, Va-Yishlach, we have one of the most dramatic and vivid scenes in the Bible – Jacob wrestling ... the birthright from his brother Esau. After being deprived of the ...

Esau McCaulley is an associate professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College and the author of How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South.