Genesis 26:34-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 26:34-35

Here is, 1. Esau's foolish marriage?foolish, some think, in marrying two wives together, for which perhaps he is called a fornicator (Heb. 12:16), or rather in marrying Canaanites, who were strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah, for which he is called profane; for hereby he intimated that he neither desired the blessing nor dreaded the curse of God. 2. The grief and trouble it created to his tender parents. (1.) It grieved them that he married without asking,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:34

And Esau was forty years old ,.... The same age his father was of when he married, Genesis 25:20 , when he took to wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite ; Josephus F13 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 18. sect. 4. makes her to be the same with Aholibamah; but her father's name was Zibeon, and an Hivite, and must therefore be another person, not only the name being different, but the tribe, Genesis 36:2 , and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite ; whom Aben Ezra takes to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:35

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac, and to Rebekah. The marriage of them itself was a trouble to them, it being contrary to their will that any of their children should marry with the Canaanites, and those the worst sort of them, the Hittites; it having been the care of Abraham, the father of Isaac, that his son should not marry with them, and laid a strict injunction on his servant not to take a wife for his son from among them; and which was an example to be followed in later times, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:34

He took to wife - the daughter, etc. - It is very likely that the wives taken by Esau were daughters of chiefs among the Hittites, and by this union he sought to increase and strengthen his secular power and influence. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:35

Which were a grief of mind - Not the marriage, though that was improper, but the persons; they, by their perverse and evil ways, brought bitterness into the hearts of Isaac and Rebekah. The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and that of Jerusalem, say they were addicted to idol worship, and rebelled against and would not hearken to the instructions either of Isaac or Rebekah. From Canaanites a different conduct could not be reasonably expected. Esau was far from being spiritual, and his wives... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:34

Verse 34 34.And Esau was forty years old. For many reasons Moses relates the marriages of Esau. Inasmuch as he mingled himself with the inhabitants of the land, from whom the holy race of Abraham was separated, and contracted affinities by which he became entangled; this was a kind of prelude of his rejection. It happened also, by the wonderful counsel of God, that these daughters-in-law were grievous and troublesome to the holy patriarch (Isaac) and his wife, in order that they might not by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:1-35

Line upon line, in God's teaching. Isaac, like his father, has his time of sojourn among the Philistines. The events of his intercourse with the Abimelech of his day resemble those of the former patriarch, though there are differences which show that the recurrence is historical . I. GOD REPEATS HIS LESSONS that they may make the deeper impression. The intention of the record is to preserve a certain line of Divine guidance . Isaac trod in the footsteps of Abraham. We have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:23-35

A good man's environment. I. ISAAC AND JEHOVAH . 1. Jehovah ' s grace to Isaac . 2. Isaac ' s gratitude to Jehovah . II. ISAAC AND ABIMELECH . 1. Abimelech's request of Isaac. 2. Isaac ' s reception of Abimelech . 3. Solemn adjuration . "And they swore one to another." Though religion does not lie within the sphere of politics, politics lie within the sphere of religion. Nothing should be done by a good man that he cannot sanctify by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:34

And Esau was forty years old —literally, a son of forty years; the age of Isaac when he married Rebekah ( Genesis 25:20 )— when he took to wife Judith ( Jehudith , "Celebrated," "Praised,'' if Shemitic; but the name is probably Phoenician) the daughter of Beeri —("of a well"? "The Well-finder," vide Genesis 36:24 )—the Hittits, and Bashemath ("Sweet-smelling," "Fragrant") the daughter of Elon the Hittite)— adding to them afterwards Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:35

Which were a grief of mind (literally, bitterness of spirit ) unto Isaac and to Rebekah —possibly because of their personal characters, but chiefly because of their Canaanitish descent, and because in marrying them Esau had not only violated the Divine law which forbade polygamy, but also evinced an utterly irreligious and unspiritual disposition. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 26:34-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:23-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:35

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