en_tn/gen/26/34.md

translationWords

• en:tw:esau
• en:tw:hittite
• en:tw:isaac
• en:tw:rebekah

translationNotes

• Most of Genesis 26 was about Isaac. These verses are about his older son Esau.
• forty - "40" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers)
• he took a wife - This can be translated as "he married" or "he took two wives."
• Judith...Basemath - These are names of Esau's wives. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
• Beeri...Elon - These are names of men.
• the Hittite - "the descendant of Heth" or "a descendant of Heth"
• they brought sorrow to Isaac and Rebekah - Here the word "they" refers to Judith and Basemath. Alternate translation: "Isaac and Rebekah were miserable because of them."