and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,(A)

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I want you to swear(A) by the Lord, the God of heaven(B) and the God of earth,(C) that you will not get a wife for my son(D) from the daughters of the Canaanites,(E) among whom I am living,(F)

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Esau’s Wives

34 When Esau was 40 years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.(A) 35 They made life bitter[a] for Isaac and Rebekah.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:35 Lit And they became bitterness of spirit

Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing

34 When Esau was forty years old,(A) he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.(B) 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.(C)

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46 So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women.(A) If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them,[a] what good is my life?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:46 Lit of these daughters of the land

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite(A) women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land,(B) from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”(C)

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