But with his fleshly bent of mind, Esau gave away all such privileges for a bowl of stew. He may have wanted to avoid the suffering foretold to come on Abraham’s offspring.
وَرُبَّمَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَجَنَّبَ ٱلْمُعَانَاةَ ٱلَّتِي تَنَبَّأَ يَهْوَهُ أَنَّهَا سَتَأْتِي عَلَى نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ .‏