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I'm wondering, shouldn't Esau be a Cannanite or at least an Edomite?

is there precendent in redemption for a hero to be given an evil identifier?

The only evil identifier I can think of is "magician".  And there are Red Canaanites, so yes if you consider all Canaanites evil.

Civilizations =/= evil or good by birth.

Quote from: jbeers285 on April 27, 2012, 08:10:49 PM

is there precendent in redemption for a hero to be given an evil identifier?

The only evil identifier I can think of is "magician".  And there are Red Canaanites, so yes if you consider all Canaanites evil.

Civilizations =/= evil or good by birth.

Demon is also an "evil only" identifier

I'm wondering, shouldn't Esau be a Cannanite or at least an Edomite?

Esau wasn't a Canaanite, he was a Hebrew, and he doesn't get the Edomite identifier for the same reason Jacob doesn't get the Israelite Identifier.

I would rule Esau to be an Edomite if such an identifier becomes necessary, but from what I have seen, Edomites were distinct from Canaanites, so he should not be a Canaanite.