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How old was עשו?

  1. How long did יצחק live?
  2. How long was אברהם supposed to live?
  3. How much did he actually live?
  4. Why?
  5. What was the meal יעקב was cooking for?
  6. How old was אברהם when יצחק was born?
  7. How old was יצחק when the twins were born?
  8. So how old was אברהם when the twins were born?
  9. How old was עשו at the time אברהם passed away?
  10. So when did עשו take a wrong turn at the age of?
  11. What does רש"י explain on ויגדלו הנערים?
  12. What happened when ויגדלו הנערים?
  13. What is the problem?
  14. What is the answer of the דעת זקנים מבעלי התו'?
  15. What is the problem with this explanation?
  16. The ספר הבהיר suggests?
  17. When it בן ששים שנה בלדת אותם
  18. What is evidence that יצחק  spend in גן עדן?

Answers:

  1. 180
  2. 180
  3. 175
  4. Because his grandson עשו when off the דרך and השם promised אברהם שיבה טובה so he should not see his grandson עשו going of the דרך
  5. For his father’s mourning the passing of אברהם.
  6. 100
  7. 60
  8. 160
  9. Since אברהם passed away at 175 עשו was 15 at אברהם’s passing.
  10. 15. And that why Hashem took אברהם life early by 5 years so he should not see his grandson go of the דרך.
  11. 13
  12. רש"י says that עשו turned to עבודה זרה?
  13. According to that רש"י it seems that it was 13 when he left but according to the simple meaning it seems like it was 15.
  14. That the first 2 years עשו was hiding his bad deeds.
  15. Why did Hashem need to take away אברהם early, he could have hidden עשו behavior from אברהם?
  16. That after עקידה יצחק spent a few years in גן עדן
  17. יצחק was 60 from the time he went to גן עדן but if you include the years of גן עדן  he was 63.
  18. He told יעקב that he smelled like גן עדן how would he know what גן עדן smelled like if he was not there.