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Esau was the son of Isaac and Rebecca； and twin brother of Jacob in the Bible。 He is a main character in many stories found in Genesis 25…33。 The best known are Jacob's cheating him out of his birthright for a“mess of pottage”（Gen。25：27…34）； and the loss of his blessing through the plotting of his mother and brother（Gen。27）。 Esau was reconciled to Jacob after the latter's return to Palestine 20 years later。
Biblical history regards Esau as the founder of the Edomite nation。
Jacob就是现在以色列（Israel）人的老老老老老老老老老老……老祖宗。
Mess of pottage就是“因小失大”、“得不偿失”、“划不来”的意思。
A Jacob's ladder is a ladder made of rope or cable； usually with wooden rungs。 It is dropped over the side of a ship to enable people to ascend from or descend to small boats alongside。 Harbor pilots usually e aboard via a Jacob's ladder。
The Jacob's ladder gets its name from an incident in the Book of Genesis（28：12）。 The patriarch Jacob falls asleep and the a vision：“And he dreamed； and behold a ladder set up on the earth； and he top of it reached to heaven；and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it。”
Jacob's ladder has been used in at least two other quite earthly meanings。 A small plant with a flower…and…leaf formation resembling a ladder bears this name。 In England； also what we Americans call“runs”in hosiery were formerly called Jacob's ladders。 Nowadays they are simply ladders。
Jacob's ladder可以登天，所以美国黑社会的thieves' Latin（盗贼的隐语，切口）就把梯子叫Jacob。
植物里头花葱属（polemoniums）中的一种就叫Jacob's ladder，因为它们有ladderlike leaves。
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