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:
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Interpretation
Esau was foolish in marrying two wives together, and still more in marrying Canaanites, strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah. It grieved his parents that he married without their advice and consent.
Glossary
- Bashemath Person
- Sweet-smelling. (1. ) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau’s three wives ( Gen. 36:3 , 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath ( Gen. 28:9 ).
- Beeri Person
- Illustrious, or the well-man. (1. ) The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau ( Gen. 26:34 ), the same as Adah ( Gen. 36:2 ). (2. ) The father of the prophet Hosea (1:1).
- Judith Person
- Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau’s wives ( Gen. 26:34 ), elsewhere called Aholibamah (36:2-14).