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Genesis 26:34

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

KJV

Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores, Judith filiam Beeri Hethæi, et Basemath filiam Elon ejusdem loci :

Vulgate

Ἦν δὲ Ἠσαὺ ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα Ἰουδίν, θυγατέρα Βεὴρ τοῦ Χετταίου, καὶ τὴν Μασεμμάθ, θυγατέρα Αἰλὼμ τοῦ Εὑαίου·

LXX

And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֤י עֵשָׂו֙ בֶּן אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת יְהוּדִ֔ית בַּת בְּאֵרִ֖י הַֽ/חִתִּ֑י וְ/אֶת בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔ת בַּת אֵילֹ֖ן הַֽ/חִתִּֽי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵילֹ֖ן
'yln
proper_noun · 7×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
בְּאֵרִ֖י
b'ry
proper_noun · 2×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
בָּשְׂמַ֥ת
bshmt
proper_noun · 7×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חִתִּ֔י
chty
noun · 48×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוּדִ֔ית
yhvdyt
proper_noun · 1×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
  • Exod 34:16 — And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
  • Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
  • Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
  • Gen 27:46 — And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall
  • Gen 28:1 — And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
  • Gen 28:8 — And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
  • Gen 28:9 — Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
  • Gen 28:9 — Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
  • Gen 36:2 — Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
  • Gen 36:5 — And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 36:13 — And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  • Heb 12:16 — Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
  • Num 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
  • Prov 17:21 — He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.