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WhenוַיְהִיEsauעֵשָׂוwas fortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears old,בֶּן שָׁנָהhe tookוַיִּקַּחas wifeאִשָּׁהJudithאֶת יְהוּדִיתthe daughterבַּתof Beeriבְּאֵרִיthe Hittite,הַחִתִּיand Basemathוְאֶת בָּשְׂמַתthe daughterבַּתof Elonאֵילֹןthe Hittite;הַחִתִּי
Genesis 26:34
Study it in the app“When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:34, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- was fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- years oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- years oldשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- he tookיִּקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- as wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- Judithיְהוּדִיתyehudit
Judith
Judith, a Hittite wife of Esau.
Where else “yehudit” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Beeriבְּאֵרִיbeeri
Beeri
Beeri, the father of Esau's wife Judith; also the father of the prophet Hosea.
Where else “beeri” appears- the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears- and Basemathבָּשְׂמַתbasmat
Basemath
Basemath, the name of two wives of Esau (one a Hittite, one a daughter of Ishmael) and of a daughter of Solomon.
Where else “basmat” appears- of Elonאֵילֹןelon
Elon
Elon, the name of the Hittite father of Basemath, of Israelites (among them a judge) and of a place.
Where else “elon” appears
The context
33He called it Shibah; that is why the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
34 · This verse (above)
35and they were bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
To study Genesis 26 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?