Verse 9
9. Then went Esau unto Ishmael That is, unto the family of Ishmael, who, himself, had been dead many years . Genesis 25:17. Nebajoth was Ishmael’s firstborn . Genesis 25:13. Here we discern, again, in Esau’s action, the wild, impetuous child of nature . He already has two wives and they have borne him children; but noticing how Jacob is blessed, and commanded not to take a Canaanitish wife, he speeds away to marry Ishmael’s daughter .
“Esau is the representative of natural kindliness and honesty, but these qualities are joined to rudeness, and to a want of susceptibility for what is higher. He is void of all anticipation and longing. He is satisfied with what is visible; in short, he is a profane person. Hebrews 12:16. Such persons, even if grace reaches their hearts, which was not the case with Esau, are not adapted for heading a religious development . ” Hengstenberg .
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