The Mysterious and Prophetic History of Esau Considered: in Connection with the Numerous Prophecies Concerning Edom

"The author's theory is that the Romans were descendants of the Edomites." - British Magazine, 1838

The posterity of Jacob and Esau became, according to prophecy, distinct from the first. After an absence of four hundred years, the nation of Jacob returned into Arabia, but found no brothers in the Edomites, the sons of Esau, who kept themselves so distinct from the Israelites, that they refused to let them even pass through their highways.

In 1848, J. Harnage published "The Mysterious and Pro...