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:
When Esau was forty years old, he married two women: Judith, whose father was Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, whose father was Elon the Hittite.
This verse tells us that Esau married two Hittite women when he was forty years old.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Genesis, Esau, the firstborn son of Isaac and Rebekah, lived during the patriarchal period when the family was sojourning in Canaan as part of God's covenant promises to Abraham. At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite women, Judith and Bashemath, who were from a local people group known for their different cultural and religious practices, which often clashed with the faith of the covenant family. This event underscores the broader biblical tension between God's chosen people and the surrounding nations, as intermarriages could introduce idolatry and dilute the purity of their devotion to the God of Abraham.
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