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When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
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A Spiritually Careless Marriage
Commentators agree that Esau's choice of wives was a profound spiritual failure. By marrying Hittite women, who were outside the covenant of Abraham, he demonstrated indifference to his spiritual heritage. This act is seen as a violation of his family's sacred calling and a key reason he forfeited his birthright.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”
עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”
שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
