en_tn/gen/26/34.md

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  • 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."