Did Esau turn to God?
I don't think so.
Esau was the firstborn, but he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob, Genesis 25:
He also disrespected his parents, Genesis 26:
Jacob went away from Esau. Twenty-some years later, they met for the first time. On this occasion, Esau did show some brotherly feelings, Genesis 33:
Hebrews 12:
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Malachi 1:
Is Esau going to hell?
I don't know. He is listed in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11:
I don't think so.
Esau was the firstborn, but he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob, Genesis 25:
There are not many missteps in the Bible worse than this one. Had Esau not done it, we would have used a different formula: "the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Esau." Instead, Esau disrespected God.34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
He also disrespected his parents, Genesis 26:
These Canaanite wives had no regard for the Lord.34 When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 35 and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.
Jacob went away from Esau. Twenty-some years later, they met for the first time. On this occasion, Esau did show some brotherly feelings, Genesis 33:
That was one good thing that Esau did, but there was no indication that he wanted to turn to God.4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
Hebrews 12:
Esau didn't care about God.16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.
He wished he hadn't sold his birthright. He sought the blessing but not God, and he did not turn to God.17 For you know that even afterward, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, although having earnestly sought it with tears.
NIV:
He did not repent in the sense of turning to God.17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
Malachi 1:
In the end, that's God's pronouncement on Esau.3 Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.
Is Esau going to hell?
I don't know. He is listed in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11:
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.