Genesis 26:35
and they were a source of grief to Isaac and to Rebekah.
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In The King James Version
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:2some of the heavenly beings saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful; and they took them as wives, whoever they chose.
Genesis 28:8and when Esau also saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:35
Esau's Foolish Marriage. ( b. c. 1760.) 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: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. Here is, 1. Esau's foolish marriage—foolish, some think, in marrying two wives together, for which perhaps he is called a fornicator ( Heb. xii. 16 ), or rather in marrying Canaanites, who were strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah, for which he… Read the whole commentary →