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There are two redheads mentioned in the whole Tanakh: Esau and David. The talmudic rabbis thought <\/span>that this is exactly what scared Samuel: something about David reminded him of Esau, the hunter who didn\u2019t care for the family\u2019s spiritual inheritance, and the idea of having a bloodthirsty king for Israel, just didn\u2019t sit well with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is it a coincidence that Esau and David are both described as <\/span>admoni<\/span><\/em> – redheads?<\/span><\/p>\n

A careful check up on the Abrahamic family\u2019s genealogy reveals the relationship between the two. When Abraham speaks to Avimelech about Sarah, he said (Genesis 20:12): \u201c<\/span>And besides, she is in truth my sister, my father\u2019s daughter though not my mother\u2019s; and she became my wife.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If so, it seems like Terach, Abraham\u2019s father, had two wives: One who was Abraham\u2019s and Nachor\u2019s mom, and one, a redhead, who bore him Haran. The \u201cred gene\u201d then travels from Haran to Milkah, his daughter and Nachor\u2019s wife to Rivkah and then, to Esau. The other \u201cred gene\u201d travels through Haran\u2019s son, Lot, to his daughter who bore him Moav, and from there to Ruth \u201cThe Moabite\u201d and on, to her great-grandson, David.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will the future king be like his great, great (and more…) uncle? Just a few verses earlier, God tells Samuel that He, can see to a person\u2019s heart, and not be fooled by looks, which is true for both Saul and David: Saul, who was of impressive features but failed as a king, as opposed to David, who had an alarming feature, and turned out to be successful and begin an everlasting dynasty. 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