Genesis 28:9

וַיֵּלֶךְ עֵשָׂו אֶל ־ יִשְׁמָעֵאל וַיִּקַּח אֶֽת ־ מָחֲלַת ׀ בַּת ־ יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן ־ אַבְרָהָם אֲחוֹת נְבָיוֹת עַל ־ נָשָׁיו לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8וַיַּרְא עֵשָׂו כִּי רָעוֹת בְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן בְּעֵינֵי יִצְחָק אָבִֽיו ׃

10וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע וַיֵּלֶךְ חָרָֽנָה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 26:34וַיְהִי עֵשָׂו בֶּן ־ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה אֶת ־ יְהוּדִית בַּת ־ בְּאֵרִי הַֽחִתִּי וְאֶת ־ בָּשְׂמַת בַּת ־ אֵילֹן הַֽחִתִּֽי ׃

Genesis 36:13וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל נַחַת וָזֶרַח שַׁמָּה וּמִזָּה אֵלֶּה הָיוּ בְּנֵי בָשְׂמַת אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:7-10

6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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