KJV ORIGINAL
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:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
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.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse tells us that Esau married two Hittite women when he was forty years old.
📚 Historical Context
This marriage took place around 1900-1800 BC when Esau was Isaac's firstborn son. The Hittites were a non-Israelite people group living in Canaan, and marrying them went against God's plan for Abraham's descendants to remain separate from the pagan nations. This decision would later cause great grief to Esau's parents, Isaac and Rebekah, as mentioned in the following verse.
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