Darryl Bradford Smith and Dr. Lorraine Day, October 24th, 2006. "Edom is in modern Jewry." – The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, P. 41, 1925 Edition. Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites. Esau race mixed with the Edomites and later became known as the Esauites-Edomites which is today modern Jewry. Jews recognized their ancestral link with Esau. The Pharisees, which are now the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews told Jesus that they are of Abraham's seed but were never in bondage, which can only mean one thing. The Pharisees / Jews are descendants of Esau which mixed with other races and became known as the Edomites (John 8:33). Esau and his descendants intermarried with Canaanites and many of the neighboring nations (Genesis 36:2-5). Jews are not the descendants of Shem and are not Shemites. Esau has been at war with Jacob-Israel from the time he sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of lentils. Genesis 36:2-5 (KJV): "Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan." John 8:31-33 (KJV): "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?" John 8:44 (KJV): "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."