2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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Most of Genesis 26 was about Isaac. These verses are about his older son Esau.
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## forty ##
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"40" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## he took a wife ##
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This can be translated as "he married" or "he took two wives."
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## Judith...Basemath ##
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These are names of Esau's wives. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## Beeri...Elon ##
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These are names of men.
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## the Hittite ##
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"the descendant of Heth" or "a descendant of Heth"
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## they brought sorrow to Isaac and Rebekah ##
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Here the word "they" refers to Judith and Basemath. Alternate translation: "Isaac and Rebekah were miserable because of them."
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