משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”

עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”

שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-35:29).

And Esau was forty years old. For many reasons, Moses relates Esau's marriages. Since he mingled with the inhabitants of the land, from wh…

And Esau was forty years old The same age his father was of when he married, (Genesis 25:20) : wh…

Esau was foolish in marrying two wives, and still more in marrying Canaanites, strangers to the blessing of Abraham and subject to the curse of Noa…