Esav's hatred of Yaakov
Chazal attribute several exceedingly severe sins to Esav, including the three sins regarding which a person must allow himself to be killed rather than transgress, but according to the plain sense of the text, Esav manifests no wicked behavior, with the exception of two places: his contempt for the birthright at the beginning of the parasha; and his anger at Yaakov at the end of the parasha, which expresses itself in his intention to kill him:
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