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Genesis 28:9 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verse 9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.Genesis 28:9 · King James Version
Genesis 28:9 in context
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Abraham'sʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- MahalathMachălathMachalath, the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an IsraelitessH4258 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- IshmaelYishmâʻêʼlJishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five IsraelitesH3458 →
- sisterʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- wivesʼishshâha womanH802 →
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This passage concerning Esau comes in in the midst of Jacob's story, either, 1. To show the influence of a good example. Esau, though the greater man, now begins to think Jacob the better man, and disdains not to take him for his pattern in this particular instance of marrying with a daughter of Abraham.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9