Pertanyaan: 597. Siapa keturunan Esau?
Mereka oleh banyak orang diyakini sebagai penerus penduduk asli Idumea dan Horites. Esau telah disebut sebagai bapak orang Edom" (Kej. 36:43). Dengan keluarga yang besar, ia pensiun ke Gunung Seir, dari mana mereka secara bertahap mengusir penduduk yang ada, dan memegangnya selama beberapa generasi. Dalam perang Makkabe, anak-anak Esau kehilangan eksistensi independen mereka dan bergabung dengan bangsa Israel."
Question: 597. Who Are the Descendants of Esau?
They are by many believed to have been the successors of the original inhabitants of Idumea and of the Horites. Esau has been called "the father of the Edomites" (Gen. 36:43). With his immense family he retired to Mount Seir, from which they gradually dispossessed the existing population, and held it for many generations. In the course of the Maccabsean wars, the children of Esau lost their independent existence and became merged in the house of Israel.
