Forefather Of The Edomites Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
	40%	6		He was sent to deliver a message to the Edomites
	noun • a Hebrew minor prophet, he was chosen to prophesy against Edom • an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible
	28%	6		Forefather
	noun • the offspring who came first in the order of birth adjective satellite • first in order of birth

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New York Times07 Nov 1996	Across 18
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