Seeing as the current Parshah is not confined to Eisav?s descendents exclusively, what are the connotations ve?Eileh Toldos Eisav ??
Seforno: ?These are the issues concerning Eisav?.
Targum Onkelos: ?These are the offspring of Eisav?. 1
Targum Yonasan: ?This is the geneolagy of Eisav?.
Presuably, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan ignore the question, since the bulk of the Parshah deals with Eisav?s geneolagy. Moreover, all the issues are connected with the children and grandchildren thaqt the Torah is discussing.
Why does the Torah discuss the generations of other nations, e.g. Edom?
Da'as Zekenim: It is to make known Seder Olam (chronicles).
Moshav Zekenim (to Bereishis 43:7): Yisrael may not take land of Edom, so we must know who is from Edom. 1
So R. Yehudah ha'Chasid answered a challenge to his assertion that among any three [consecutive] verses, we learn Halachos, Isur or Heter. Also refer to 41:1:153:1.
