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Genesis 26:34 KJV
Genesis · chapter 26 · verse 34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:Genesis 26:34 · King James Version
Genesis 26:34 in context
32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
34And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- HittiteChittîya Chittite, or descendant of ChethH2850 →
- JudithYᵉhûwdîythJehudith, a CanaanitessH3067 →
- fortyʼarbâʻîymfortyH705 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- BeeriBᵉʼêrîyBeeri, the name of a Hittite and of an IsraeliteH882 →
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Here is, 1. Esau's foolish marriage - foolish, some think, in marrying two wives together, for which perhaps he is called a fornicator (Heb 12:16), or rather in marrying Canaanites, who were strangers to the blessing to Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah, for which he is called profane;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 34-35