Genesis 26:35

which both offended the soul of Isaac and of Rebecca. (and because both women were heathen, that offended, or greatly distressed, Isaac and Rebecca.)

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In The King James Version

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

In Context

34Esau forsooth forty years eld wedded two wives (or And when Esau was forty years old he wedded two wives), Judith + 26:34 She is also known as Oholibamah or Aholibamah., the daughter of Beeri (the) Hittite, and Bashemath + 26:34 She is also known as Adah., the daughter of Elon, of the same place;

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen. (the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and took wives for themselves of all whom they had chosen.)

Genesis 28:8also Esau proved thereby that his father beheld not gladly the daughters of Canaan. (and so Esau understood by this that his father did not approve of the daughters of Canaan.)

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 →

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