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34 [a]When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hivite.(A) 35 But they became a source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:34–35 These verses from the Priestly source introduce the next section on Esau’s loss of his right as firstborn by suggesting a motivation for this in Isaac’s and Rebekah’s dislike for Esau’s Canaanite wives.

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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