Israelites look like Edomites
Abu Khamr al-Murtad
whites are Edomites based on their wacky interpretation of Genesis
25:25. It seems that the Bible takes it for granted that several
prominent Israelites had a look similar to that of Esau.
First note that those Israelites (such as the ones aligned with the
Israelite Church of God and Jesus Christ) who claim Genesis 25:25 is
referring to skin color need to see other verses which also employ the
word "red". While Esau is described as "red" (Hebrew: admonee) in
Genesis 25:25, so too David is described as "red" (Hebrew: admonee) in
1 Samuel 16:12. And Songs 5:10, apparently a reference to Solomon,
describes the male lover as "red" (Hebrew: adom, same spelling as the
Hebrew Edom). So were Esau, David and Solomon all "red"?
And what about hair texture? The one passage I know of that does seem
to have a clear implication of hair texture also happens to mention
goats, that being Genesis 27:5-22, and the story is quite interesting.
While I'm skeptical about the intentions of the author of this passage,
it is nonetheless the case that a literal reading of the text gives the
strong impression that Esau had hair that felt like goat hair. However,
if we take that route, notice in verse 11, Jacob notes that the
difference between himself and Esau is that Esau is hairy. If Jacob had
Esau had hair like goat fur and Jacob didn't, wouldn't that also be a
key difference worth noting? Yet it is never made mention of! No
indication is given that Jacob has a different textured hair from Esau
(and being that they were twins, it is not a bad guess that they might
have had the same textured hair). Worse yet, in verse 16 Rebecca put
goat skins on Jacob's hands and on the "smooth" part of his neck (the
Hebrew gives the implication that this was the part of his neck that
had no hair), so that he would resemble Esau to the touch of the blind
Isaac. Now this raises yet another question: if Jacob had hair like
wool rather than like goat fur, why was the goat fur only applied to
his hairless parts? Considering how close one's neck is to the hair on
one's head, if they thought Isaac's hand might wander that high (i.e.
all the way to the neck), why didn't Rebecca make him wear a goat fur
helmet as well? Why were they worried about Isaac touching the smooth
part of Jacob's neck, but not his head? All of this gives the strong
impression that Jacob's hair was not different from Esau's hair (hence
the reason only his non-hairy parts were covered), which, again, seems
sensible in light of the fact that they were twins. How do ICGJC
members and like-minded Israelites explain or interpret this passage?