Genesis 28:9
Esau therefore went unto Ishmael,—and took Mahalath daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham sister of Nebaioth, to himself to wife, in addition to the wives that he had.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8So then Esau beheld that displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan,—in the eyes of Isaac his father:
10So Jacob went forth from Beer-sheba, and journeyed towards Haran.
Cross References
Genesis 26:34And when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith, daughter of Beeri. the Hittite; and Basemath, daughter of Elon, the Hittite;
Genesis 36:13And, these, are the sons of Reuel, Nahath and Zerah Shammah and Mizzah,—These were the sons of Basemath wife of Esau.
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 →