ESAU Common sense isn’t all that common, in fact, the common thread in many decisions is that they don’t make sense. Esau's life was filled with choices he must have regretted bitterly. He appears to have been a person who found it hard to consider consequences, reacting to the need of the moment without realizing what he was giving up to meet that need. Trading his birthright for a bowl of pottage (stew) was the clearest example of this weakness. He also chose wives in direct opposition to his parents’...