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34 When[a] Esau was forty years old,[b] he married[c] Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:34 tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator (“and it happened”), making this clause subordinate to the next.
  2. Genesis 26:34 tn Heb “the son of forty years.”
  3. Genesis 26:34 tn Heb “took as a wife.”
  4. Genesis 26:35 tn Heb “And they were [a source of ] bitterness in spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.”

Esau’s Hittite Wives

34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite,(A) 35 and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.(B)

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