The celebrated preacher, Clovis Chappell, wrote this about Jacob and Esau:

Jacob, who had so little that was commendable, became by the grace of God, a prince and servant of mankind. Esau, on the other hand, who had such vast treasure, so nearly squandered that treasure that he has his place in the rogues gallery, not because he was a scoundrel, but because in spite of so much that was good he made a mess of the business of living. Jacob, then, impresses us as a man who had very little and made much out of it. Esau had much and made practically nothing out of it.